Re: (Separable) suffixes?

On 22/02/07, Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...> wrote:
>
> Philip Newton wrote:
> > On 2/22/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
> > <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> >> I don't see any way those could be called suffixes.
> >
> > Word spacing is an artefact of orthography. Why shouldn't the parts of
> > English phrasal verbs (or whatever they were called again) that look
> > like prepositions be considered verb suffixes?
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> "A red bolt flashed from his palm toward the elven lady, illuminating the
> trees with a bloody light." (from Eragon)
>
> In the sentence above, "from" could be considered a verb suffixes. But
> what
> about "toward" and "with"?
>
> JF
>
"from" here is not a VS, because it goes with "his palm" (thus in an AGGL,
it might be something like "palmhisfrom"; same for "with" in "with 'his
palm'" and "same for '...'"). A better example would be one where the prep
can either follow the verb or appear at the end of the sentence, which is
analogous to preceding the verb or appearing at the end of the sentence in
German:

"He took out his pen"/"He took his pen out".