painting the door green
| From: | René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 24, 2008, 16:24 |
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I'm looking for the English grammatical term for what is known in
Dutch as the "bepaling van gesteldheid"
<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bepaling_van_gesteldheid>
http://tinyurl.com/6eaf8p
It is a constituent which is, among others, found in sentences like:
He is painting the door *green*.
She bought the store *empty*.
They applauded *the skin off their hands*.
The term is used for somewhat different usages as well, but I'm
looking for the English term for this particular usage. I haven't been
able to find the term on the English wikipedia. Anyone?
René
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