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School of languages the Libyan academy Tripoli, Libya
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 8 (31 Jan. 2016), pp.480-493, 14 p.
Publisher
Elmergib University Faculty of Education
Publication Date
2016-01-31
Country of Publication
Libya
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The paper discusses the syntactic structure of prepositional phrases in English from a generative perspective.
It attempts to show that the traditional view that prepositional phrases consist of a preposition followed a noun phrase complement cannot be generalised.
The paper argues that a head in a prepositional phrase can be transitive or intransitive; if transitive it can take any XP, i.e.
NP, AP, PP or TP as a complement; if not, it requires no complement.
The paper also shows that a prepositional phrase can be modified by prepositional modifiers and other phrasal categories such as NP, PP, AdjP & AdvP.
Finally, the paper provides evidence that lexical items classified traditionally as adverbs and/or particles can be analysed as (in)transitive prepositions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ghiryani, Ali. 2016. School of languages the Libyan academy Tripoli, Libya. Journal of Educational،Vol. 2016, no. 8, pp.480-493.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ghiryani, Ali. School of languages the Libyan academy Tripoli, Libya. Journal of Educational No. 8 (Jan. 2016), pp.480-493.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ghiryani, Ali. School of languages the Libyan academy Tripoli, Libya. Journal of Educational. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 8, pp.480-493.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-943299