Timeline for Missing reflexive when there's a preposition
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| Feb 22, 2015 at 11:56 | history | edited | Araucaria - Him | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2015 at 20:32 | comment | added | Jonathan Spirit | I like this answer the most of all of them. It not only answers the questions posed, but it also includes the exception mentioned by TRomano and fully explains when to and why we use the reflexive and exception. If I were the questioner, I would accept this answer foremost. (Also, the fact that I just found out about the incredible CaGEL thanks to you is a factor in that. ;) ) | |
| Jan 28, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | Emanuel | Thanks a lot. I'd accept it but I kind of don't want to take away the "accept" from TRomano. So the up-vote will have to be enough :). Thanks for the link btw. | |
| Jan 28, 2015 at 14:14 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @Emanuel The description above is pretty general. There are all sorts of specific constructions and special types of verb that buck these rules. If you have access to CaGEL, they give some quite extensive coverage. You could have a look here if you have the patience to navigate through the text! It's pages 1483-1499 :) | |
| Jan 28, 2015 at 14:10 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @Emanuel Well, it is a descriptive model. We could say that the locative PP occurs within the domain of the clause but is an exception. However, I think "domain" is used because it gives the impression that a certain field of influence as applicable within it. As the locative PP is not subject to this 'influence', in one sense it's clearly not 'in the domain'. With regards to whether the PP is an adjunct or a complement - I don't believe that I've ever read about that. But it does seem to me on reflection that it doesn't seem to apply when the PP is a predicative complement, for example ... | |
| Jan 28, 2015 at 13:55 | comment | added | Emanuel | Nice answer. However, there's one thing that bugs me. The claim that a locational PP is out of the domain of a sentence seems a bit arbitrary. Why is that? And more importantly, does that also hold for verbs to which the PP is pretty much a necessary part of the predicate. Like "I went to the mall". Does "to the mall" not belong to the domain (whatever that is)? If no, is there any reason other than random definition? | |
| Jan 28, 2015 at 13:18 | history | answered | Araucaria - Him | CC BY-SA 3.0 |