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The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
[ Article ]
Korea Journal of English Language and Linguistics - Vol. 22, No. 0, pp.1428-1442
ISSN: 1598-1398 (Print) 2586-7474 (Online)
Print publication date 31 Jan 2022
Received 25 Nov 2022 Revised 15 Dec 2022 Accepted 30 Dec 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15738/kjell.22..202212.1428

A New Type of Secondary Predicate Construction in English

Juwon Lee
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English Education, Jeonju University, Tel: 063-220-2326 juwonlee@jj.ac.kr


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Abstract

This paper argues that secondary predicate constructions of a kind (e.g., Mary built a house big) share some properties with either resultative or depictive constructions, but at the same time they have a property that resultative and depictive constructions do not possess. This set of grammatical properties suggests that the secondary predicate constructions (called build-big construction in this paper) should belong to a subcategory of both resultative and depictive constructions in the classification of secondary predicate constructions. That is, secondary predicate constructions are not simply divided into resultative and depictive constructions. This is further supported with pseudo-resultative constructions (e.g., Mary braided her hair tight) since they also have some properties that are shared with typical resultative or depictive constructions.

Keywords:

secondary predicate, resultative, depictive, build-big construction, pseudo-resultative, m ultiple inheritance

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