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Eigil Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Semantics - sentence pair!
Hello, I am desperatly in need of some help with this semantic exercise that I am to deliver today. The task is to discuss the syntactic differences and grammatical semantic differences of the constituents, i.e. what type of subject, predicator, object, compliment, or adverbial is manifested in the sentences.
I'm having trouble understanding the properties of the objects of these sentences. What I have heard is that the direct object in "a" is "effected" and that the dO in "b" is affected. However I don't really know what that means...
Can someone solve this problem for me?
Sentence pair:
S P dO oC
(a) He drives the headmaster mad.
S P dO (A)
(b) He drives the headmaster regularly.
I'm having trouble understanding the properties of the objects of these sentences. What I have heard is that the direct object in "a" is "effected" and that the dO in "b" is affected. However I don't really know what that means...
Can someone solve this problem for me?
Sentence pair:
S P dO oC
(a) He drives the headmaster mad.
S P dO (A)
(b) He drives the headmaster regularly.
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I think the "effected" / "affected" analysis is a bit far-fetched and obscure, so I'll move on to the sentences themselves. In (a), "he" causes something to happen, namely, that the headmaster is made to become mad. "mad" is an adjective describing the final state of the headmaster.
- I think the "effected" / "affected" analysis is a bit far-fetched and obscure, so I'll move on to the sentences themselves.
- In (a), "he" causes something to happen, namely, that the headmaster is made to become mad.
- "mad" is an adjective describing the final state of the headmaster.
- In (b), "he" does something, namely, driving.
- Who does he drive?
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I think the "effected" / "affected" analysis is a bit far-fetched and obscure, so I'll move on to the sentences themselves.
In (a), "he" causes something to happen, namely, that the headmaster is made to become mad.
"mad" is an adjective describing the final state of the headmaster.
In (b), "he" does something, namely, driving. Who does he drive? The headmaster. "regul
In (a), "he" causes something to happen, namely, that the headmaster is made to become mad.
"mad" is an adjective describing the final state of the headmaster.
In (b), "he" does something, namely, driving. Who does he drive? The headmaster. "regul
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