LIN204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Language Change, Brown Hair, Complementizer
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In the attic up the path after lunch below that street sign since easter for a very good reason. Structure-class words signal the grammatical relationship between form-class words and phrases within the sentence. Reliable signals that a noun phrase is coming. They occur before a noun phrase (a noun and its modifiers, if any). Together, the preposition and noun phrase constitute prepositional phrase: The noun or noun phrase following the prepositions (such as the attic in in the attic) functions as the object of the preposition. When prepositional phrases function as though they are adverbs, they are called adverbial modifiers, and when their role is similar to that of adjectives, they are called adjectival modifiers. Preposition serves as a link to the verb that the prepositional phrase modifies. The voice of the people (adjectival: modifies the noun voice) Hurried to the store (adverbial: modifies the verb hurried)
