【论英语表语】任绍曾.pdf
HANGZHOU UNIVERSITY On Predicative -wi.th special emphasis on BE as copula andtheNPortheAPas predicative by Wanig Zhiguang Subject:EnglishGrammar Instructor:ProfessorRenShaozeng Date:December,1984
Page Part VThe Penumbraof Predicative 1.Syntacticlevel 2.Logiclevel 3.Stylistic level 4.
INTRODUCTION 0.owhen weanalyseasentenceintoanNPanda.VP,we arenot.onlydrawinguponthelatestdevelop- ments of grammar,but also echoirg what Plato said about the nature of human language(cf.Lyons,1968, g 8)Linguistics, and science in general,is a continuum of different aoproaches.