戴炜栋简明英语语言学教程Chapter4Syntax

ategoriesMeaning:wordcategoriesbearrelationshipwithmeaningn.:entities(humanbeings,objects)v.:action,sensations,statesadj.:attributeofentitiesadv.:thepropertiesandattributesoftheactions,sensationsandstates4.2Categories3)Threecriteriaareusedtodetermineaword’scategory.1.Word-levelcategoriesInflection:wordsofdifferentcategoriestakedifferentinflections.n.:-sv.:-ed,-ingadj.:-er,-est4.2Categories3)Threecriteriaareusedtodetermineaword’scategory.1.Word-levelcategoriesdistribution:whattypeofelementscanco-occurwithacertainword.n.:determinerv.:auxiliaryadj.:degreeword4.2Categories3)Threecriteriaareusedtodetermineaword’scategory.1.Word-levelcategoriesTheoldladysuddenlyleft.4.2CategoriesExercise:Indicatethecategoryofeachwordinthefollowingsentences.DetANQualVThecarstoppedattheendoftheroad.DetNVPDetNPDetN