Re: THEORY: Adpositional Heads
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 11, 2003, 2:02 |
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Isidora Zamora wrote:
> In this particular case, the prepositional phrase is adverbial. It
> modifies "saw." I saw a man *where*? I saw a man *in the house.*
Actually, it's ambiguous. It could describe where the man was. If it's
adverbial, then it would describe where the seeing took place, that is,
I was in the house, and I saw a man. If it's adjectivial, then it
describes where the man was.
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