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Niuben5777 Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

internal argument

Dear all,

Is "the bag" in the clause " John put the book into the bag." the internal argument of the verb put?

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A locative phrase such as into the bag is a required argument of the verb put , and it's not the subject (which would be the external argument), so in my opinion it's an internal argument, yes. I would say that the argument in question is the entire prepositional phrase, not just the bag . CJ

— CalifJim

  • A locative phrase such as into the bag is a required argument of the verb put , and it's not the subject (which would be the external argument), so in my opinion it's an internal argument, yes.
  • I would say that the argument in question is the entire prepositional phrase, not just the bag .
  • CJ
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A locative phrase such as into the bag is a required argument of the verb put, and it's not the subject (which would be the external argument), so in my opinion it's an internal argument, yes.

I would say that the argument in question is the entire prepositional phrase, not just the bag.

CJ
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