You all
You all clearly deserved to win the match.
I think that "all" is an NP, a fused-head construction, in the sentence above.
Am I correct?
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Combinations like 'we all', 'you all', and 'they all' (plus 'us all', 'them all') consist of a noun phrase followed by the determinative 'all'. 'all' functions as an adjunct. (This analysis comes from the CGEL crowd.
- Combinations like 'we all', 'you all', and 'they all' (plus 'us all', 'them all') consist of a noun phrase followed by the determinative 'all'.
- 'all' functions as an adjunct.
- (This analysis comes from the CGEL crowd.
- There are a few other possibilities from other schools of thought, but none of them, so far as I know, mention fused-head constructions.
- ) CJ
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Combinations like 'we all', 'you all', and 'they all' (plus 'us all', 'them all') consist of a noun phrase followed by the determinative 'all'. 'all' functions as an adjunct. (This analysis comes from the CGEL crowd. There are a few other possibilities from other schools of thought, but none of them, so far as I know, mention fused-head constructions. I don't see where you got that from, b
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