MODIFICATION VERSUS COMPLEMENTATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH ADJECTIVE PHRASES AND ADVERB PHRASES.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- PREDA, ALINA
- Source
- Philobiblon: Transylvanian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Humanities. 2020, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p105-123. 19p.
- Subject
- *TERMS & phrases
*MODIFICATIONS
*GRAMMAR
- Language
- ISSN
- 1224-7448
This article outlines the inconsistent ways in which reference grammars make the distinction between postmodification and complementation in the structure of English adjective phrases and adverb phrases, and attempts to provide a solution to this terminological quandary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]