Syntax ch.2 Function

Chapter 2. Function 2.1 Subject and Predicate Subject ① carries out the action denoted by the verbs. ② indicates what the sentences are about. ‘Predicate’ functions to specify what the subject is engaged in doing and is everything except the subject in the sentence. * Dynamic predicate ⇔ Stative predicate Meaningless subject * ① Nonreferential ‘it’ (weather, date, time, ect.) ⇔ Referential ‘it’ ② Existential ‘there’ ≠ Locative ‘there’ Characteristics of the subject ① Subjects are usually ‘...

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