PP
PRACTICE CLASS #5 (#6)2012-03-27/28
Today …
WE WILL GET PPs OUT OF THE WAY…
page 119 – exercise 5 (a-e)IN IN
AT ON OF
OFF /ON AT
AGAINST
WITH
page 119 – exercise 5 (f-i)
IN
IN
TO
BY
page 119 – exercise 6 (a-d)
PREP ADV
PREP ADV
PREP PREP
PREP
page 119 – exercise 6 (e-h)ADV
ADV
PREP
ADV
page 119 – exercise 6 (i-j)PREP ADV
PREP
CONJUNCTION
DIGRESSION: BUT – parts of speech• BUT can be a CONJUNCTION:
– It wasn’t the red skirt but the blue one.– By the end of the day we were tired but happy.– I am sorry but I can’t stay any longer.– I had no choice but to sign the contract.
• BUT can be an ADVERB:– There were a lot of celebrities there: Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie, to
name but two.• BUT can be a NOUN:
– With so many ifs and buts, it is better to wait.• BUT can be a PREPOSITON:
– The problem was anything but easy.– Everyone was there but him.– I came last but one in the race. (next to last)
BASIC PREPOSITIONAL MEANINGS
PREPOSITIONAL MEANINGS
SPACE
TIME
PROCESSCONTINGENCY
OTHER MEANINGS
SPACEPrepositions denoting spatial relations can be classified into several subgroups on the
basis of two criteria:
TYPE OF REFERENCE POINT
STATIC OR DYNAMIC POSITION
Type of reference point:
TIME
PROCESS
CONTINGENCY
OTHER MEANINGS
page 118 – exercise 4 (a-e)
TIME: location TIME: location
SPACE: surface, direction SPACE: location, point
SPACE: point, direction
SPACE: point, direction (destination)
SPACE: surface, location
SPACE: surface, direction
page 118 – exercise 4 (f-j)
CONTINGENCY: purpose, goal
CONTINGENCY: purpose, goal
SPACE: area, direction
CONTINGENCY: purpose, goal SPACE: location, point
TIME: metaphorical extension of the meaning of space
page 118 – exercise 4 (k-o)
SPACE: surface, direction
SPACE: line, location, relative position
SPACE: metaphorical extension of space
PROCESS: instrument
PROCESS: instrument
page 119 – exercise 4 (p-t)CONTINGENCY: cause, reason PROCESS: agent
TIME: location PROCESS: manner
PROCESS: manner
CONTINGENCY: condition
OTHER: respect
CONTINGENCY: concession
THE ENDOF PREPOSITIONS AND THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
THE LAST TOPIC BEFORE THE MID-TERM EXAM
ADVERBIALS
Page 128 – exercise 1 (a-d)
AdvP
finite clause
verbless clause
PP PP finite clausePP
Page 128 – exercise 1 (e-h) non-finite clause AdvP finite clause
PP non-finite clause AdvP
PP
AdvP PP
PP PP
Page 128 – exercise 1 (i-k)
PP
verbless clause PP
non-finite clause
Page 128 – exercise 2 (a-d)
adjunct
disjunct adjunct
adjunct
adjunct
PP
AdvP PP
-ING (n-f) clause
AdvP
Page 128 – exercise 2 (e-h)
adjunct adjunct
adjunct
conjunct
adjunct adjunct
PP PP
AdvP OR NP
INF (n-f) clause
finite clause AdvP
Page 128 – exercise 2 (i-l)
adjunct adjunct
adjunct
adjunct
adjunct
AdvP NP
AdvP
AdvP
AdvP
Page 128 – exercise 2 (m-p)
adjunct
adjunct adjunct
adjunct
adjunct
finite clause
PP AdvP OR NP
AdvP
AdvP
LET’S NOW GO BACK TO…
EXERCISE #1 AND ANALYZE THE FUNCTIONS THERE.
Page 128 – exercise 1 (a-d)
AdvP
finite clause
verbless clause
PP PP finite clausePP
adjunct
adjunct
adjunct
adjunct adjunct adjunctadjunct
Page 128 – exercise 1 (e-h) non-finite clause AdvP finite clause
PP non-finite clause AdvP
PP
AdvP PP
PP PP
disjunct adjunct adjunct
conjunct adjunctadjunct adjunct adjunct
adjunct
adjunct adjunct
Page 128 – exercise 1 (i-k)
PP
verbless clause PP
non-finite clause
adjunct
adjunct adjunct
disjunct
THE ENDThank you for your time!