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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
What is parallel in this sentence?
What is parallel in this sentence?
This excerpt is from my grammar book:
"A{
[1]He stayed very quiet(Cs).
[2]He stayed in bed(As).
}
B{
[3]They kept him very quiet(C o).
[4]They kept him in bed(Ao).
}
The symbols As and Ao here indicate a subject-related adjunct and an object-related adjunct respectively. The parallel between the two sets of clause types is also evident in the verb classes, and we acknowledge thie by calling the verb in both[1] and [2] COPULAR (since it is equivalent in function to the copula BE) and calling the verb in both[3] and [4] COMPLEX TRANSITIVE."
I'm wondering where there is parallel.
Between [1] and [2], or A and B?
Could you tell me, please?
This excerpt is from my grammar book:
"A{
[1]He stayed very quiet(Cs).
[2]He stayed in bed(As).
}
B{
[3]They kept him very quiet(C o).
[4]They kept him in bed(Ao).
}
The symbols As and Ao here indicate a subject-related adjunct and an object-related adjunct respectively. The parallel between the two sets of clause types is also evident in the verb classes, and we acknowledge thie by calling the verb in both[1] and [2] COPULAR (since it is equivalent in function to the copula BE) and calling the verb in both[3] and [4] COMPLEX TRANSITIVE."
I'm wondering where there is parallel.
Between [1] and [2], or A and B?
Could you tell me, please?
Top answer
}The symbols As and Ao here indicate a subject-related adjunct and an object-related adjunct respectively. Could you tell me, please? I can only see identity of the subjects and predicators in [1] and [2] and of subjects, predicators and objects in [3] and [4] rather than any parallelness there.
- }The symbols As and Ao here indicate a subject-related adjunct and an object-related adjunct respectively.
- Could you tell me, please?
- I can only see identity of the subjects and predicators in [1] and [2] and of subjects, predicators and objects in [3] and [4] rather than any parallelness there.
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Takehisa TanakaWhat is parallel in this sentence?This excerpt is from my grammar book:"A{[1]He stayed very quiet(Cs).[2]He stayed in bed(As).}B{[3]They kept him very quiet(C o).[4]They kept him in bed(Ao).}The symbols As and Ao here indicate a subject-related adjunct and an object-related adjunct respectively. The parallel between the two sets of clause types is also evid
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Takehisa TanakaI'm wondering where there is a parallel.The text tells you that. "The parallel between the two sets of clause types ..."
So the parallel they are talking about is between A (one set; the "copular set") and B (another set; the "complex transitive set")
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