Directionele PP's als predicaten (of niet)

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Abstract

It is often assumed that directional (or path) prepositional phrases (PPs) can
serve as predicates. I will show that this assumption is not unproblematic, by
making a comparison with locative (or place) PPs, especially where we expect
both to show their predicative nature most directly, namely as attributive
modifiers of nouns. If directional PPs cannot always function as predicates, as I
will show, then this complicates their treatment as predicates in small clause
analyses. Treating them as verb modifiers is then a more attractive alternative.
Original languageDutch
Pages (from-to)255-275
JournalNederlandse taalkunde
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2014

Keywords

  • preposition
  • path
  • directionality
  • predication
  • small clause

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