LINGUIST 1ZZ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Phrasal Verb, Adpositional Phrase, Intransitive Verb

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1ZZ3
• Professor: Cassandra Chapman

Document Summary

Placement of adverbs (not between the verb and its complement) Propositional phrases (pps): p + np (object of a preposition) = pp. Preposition can also select other types of complement (ex. Out of line, up in the air, over the hump. Up [on the mountain], after [we had arrived], [before calling his boss]. The hikers climbed straight [pp up the mountain]. The classroom is right [pp around the corner]. Can modify nouns, so it is not necessary, just add extra information. When a pp is not optional - complement. Kate listened to the music for the afternoon. Here, the afternoon is the object of a preposition. The butcher cut the steak with a knife. Here, a knife is an object of preposition. The babysitter took the kids to the park. Here, the "the park" is the objective of a preposition. The babysitter tossed the ball to the kids. Here, the "the kids" is the indirect object.