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Re: come from vs. come of, with regards to results

CalifJim — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:23:03 GMT

coming of age is different. This thread was mostly concerned with the prepositional verb come of, where of goes with come. In come of age, the verb is just come. The of doesn't go with come. The of goes with age. of age means old enough, and to come of age means to become old enough.

CJ

Re: Phrasal prepositional verbs (three word phrasal verbs)

Riglos — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 03:15:33 GMT

Hi Paco!

I don't think "put up" has the same meaning as "put up with" = TOLERATE, in this sentence:

"[1368 Chaucer] I have put my complaint up again, for to my foes my bill (= broad-bladed sword) I dare not show."

I interpreat "put up" here as "I have refrained from complaining again, for to my foes my bill I dare not show.", which is definitely not the same as "tolerate".

Regards,

Mara.

BTW, the meanings of the phrasals were taken from the Cambridge Dictionary. I wonder what the problem is with their being used informally.

Re: Prep. verb + prep. object, or V + adverbial PP ??

Casi — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 06:31:06 GMT

All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects.

True. But what do we do with ambi-structural "looked after"?

They looked [after the sheep] (DO)
They looked after [the sheep] (DO)

What evidence is there that speakers don't parse "look after" as a unit and "the sheep" as its direct object? It seems all too neat 'n tidy to lump verbs of phrase into two categories.

The distinction between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs is based on modification, or rather determining whether the bits that follow the verb are an integral part of the verb's meaning (i.e., DO) or modification (i.e., Adverb). Going back to our example "after the sheep", it definitely does not function as an adverb; it's an object of some sort, we know that, and whether it's a DO or the O of P doesn't seem to matter all that much with regards to meaning. O is required by P. If P is an integral part of V, then O, by proximity alone functions as part of P. In other words, structurally, the noun "the sheep" functions as the object of the preposition "after", but, and in terms of semantics, its contribution is ambi-structural. It goes both ways. The line between "looked" and "after" is fuzzy. Are they one semantic unit or are they two? It's a nano distinction.

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Prepositional verbs are verbs such as abide by in (7), refer to in (8), glance at, lean against, account for, reply to, absolve from, long for, yearn for, argue about, and defer to in which the P with the NP functions as an object:

7. They abided by the contract.

8. He referred to that article.

These verbs require a PP, i.e. (9) and (10) are ungrammatical, and that's why the PP is considered an object rather than an adverbial.

9. *He abides.

10. *He refers all the time.

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