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Mecha Lere Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Kernel sentences
Apart from being simple, affirmative, active, and having a single verb... no adjectives, adverbs, relative clause whatsoever... , if it has a prepositional phrase, will it still be a kernel sentence or no? For example: "I saw him in the river". Is this a kernel sentence? Please guide.
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Kernel sentences were supposed to be the basic atoms of an innate transformational or generative grammar. What eliminates a sentence from the set of kernel sentences is not the mere presence of a modifier, but whether the modifier may be derived from another, simpler sentence. Relative clauses, verbal phrases, and adjectives modifying nouns are all derivable.
- Kernel sentences were supposed to be the basic atoms of an innate transformational or generative grammar.
- What eliminates a sentence from the set of kernel sentences is not the mere presence of a modifier, but whether the modifier may be derived from another, simpler sentence.
- Relative clauses, verbal phrases, and adjectives modifying nouns are all derivable.
- Your example is not a kernel sentence.
- " Notice that the latter contains a prepositional phrase, but it's still atomic.
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Kernel sentences were supposed to be the basic atoms of an innate transformational or generative grammar. What eliminates a sentence from the set of kernel sentences is not the mere presence of a modifier, but whether the modifier may be derived from another, simpler sentence. Relative clauses, verbal phrases, and adjectives modifying nouns are all derivable.
Your example is not a kerne
Your example is not a kerne
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