10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEUDO-INTRANSITIVE»
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1
An Introduction to Transformational Grammar
Still others, sometimes called "pseudo-intransitive verbs," allow for the omission
of the object (steal, drive, eat). Pseudo-intransitive verbs also can appear in
patterns generated by the second rule: V ->• vt + NP This rule accounts for verbs
that ...
2
Clitics, Pronouns and Movement
James R. Black, Virginia Motapanyane. 4. Pseudo-intransitive and weakly
transitive The discrepancy between (20) and (14) can be captured in terms of the
transitivity of ES verbs. That is, ES verbs function as transitives taking a Theme
object.
James R. Black, Virginia Motapanyane, 1997
3
Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Some grammars call them pseudo-intransitive verbs. A large number of transitive
verbs can occur without an object being expressed, including: makan eat menulis
write minum drink melukis paint menyapu sweep menggambar draw ...
James Neil Sneddon, K Alexander Adelaar, Dwi N. Djenar, 2012
4
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
1 1 'Pseudo-intransitive' So far we have discussed three classes of verbs in
English which may be used (with 'zero modification') in both transitive and
intransitive (or pseudo-intransitive) constructions. The important syntactic
characteristics of ...
5
International English Usage
It suddenly emerged Many verbs in English, especially those involving change or
movement, can occur in both transitive and intransitive constructions: The prior
rang the bell. The bell rang. and many others can occur in pseudo-intransitive ...
Ian Hancock, Lorento Todd, 2005
6
Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar
5.12 Pseudo-Intransitive Verbs PSEUDO-lNTRANS1T1VE VA1 VERBS have an
element /am/, which corresponds structurally to the /am/ THEME SUFF1X of
Class l VT1 verbs. However, pseudo-intransitive verbs do not take NOM1NAL
GOALS ...
7
A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
pseudo-intransitive 224 which comes last. The unmarked sentence John bought
a car yesterday has the corresponding pseudo-cleft What John bought yesterday
was a car. Cf. cleft sentence and reverse pseudo-cleft. pseudo-intransitive / ...
8
Transitivity in Translating: The Interdependence of Texture ...
Lyons (1969: 361) warns analysts about the existence of pseudo-intransitive
clauses such as: a) object deletion clauses: 7 eat (caviare) at five' b) certain
reflexive clauses: 'I'll change' c) patient-subject constructions: 'The house is
building'.
María Calzada Pérez, 2007
9
English Grammar: A University Course
3 A 'pseudo-intransitive' expresses the facility of a participant to undergo a
process: Glass breaks easily. 15.1 CAUSATIVE MATERIAL PROCESSES AND
ERGATIVE PAIRS The prototypical pattern of direct causation is quite complex.
Angela Downing, Philip Locke, 2006
10
Sign Language Research: Theoretical Issues
(pseudo intransitive with implied object) (16) The boy, ran. (activity verb) (17) The
man, slept. (experiencer verb) (18) 1 1,;. ,ined. (weather verb) All of the
constructions in 13 through 18 are intransitives and have subjects at S- structure
that ...
