PREDICATE NOMINALS: LEXICALLY SIMPLE AND LEXICALLY COMPLEX,
Abstract
The paper is the third in a series of working papers whose purpose is to report the findings of the linguistic research now being done as a part of a Computer-Aided Instruction Project. Previous papers in the series by the same authors are 'A Note on Two Basic Semantic Distinctions' (AD-686 743), and 'Counting, Collecting, Measuring, and Quantifying in English' (AD-691 096). The paper investigates syntactic and semantic differences between predicate nominals and noun phrases in English. In order to pinpoint the differences, surface structure phenomena, anaphoric and substitute expressions, and message structure relations are explored. In the second part of the paper the difference between lexically simple and lexically complex predicate nominals is discussed and a lexico-syntactic solution is proposed that allows lexically complex and simple predicate nouns to be treated adequately at the level of surface syntax, as well as semantically at the level of message structure. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 15, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0691427
Entities
People
- Marianne Celce
- Robert M. Schwarcz
Organizations
- System Development Corporation