17.1884, Qs: Complement-taking Nouns; British English Speakers Needed

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Subject: 17.1884, Qs: Complement-taking Nouns; British English Speakers Needed

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1)
Date: 25-Jun-2006
From: Stephani Foraker < sforaker at uchicago.edu >
Subject: Complement-taking Nouns 

2)
Date: 23-Jun-2006
From: Felicia Lee < leefa99 at earthlink.net >
Subject: British English Speakers Needed 

	
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:48:30
From: Stephani Foraker < sforaker at uchicago.edu >
Subject: Complement-taking Nouns 
 


Hello, Linguists,

I am looking for an authoritative list of complement-taking nouns (CTNs) in
English - preferrably for free, preferrably on-line or deliverable
electronically. Can anyone direct me to such a resource? I am familiar with
Kennison 2000 (JPR), which investigated nouns taking S-complements, based
on a certain semantic type (abstract, e.g., rumor-S). However, I'm
primarily interested in PP (postnominal) and attribute (prenominal) 
complements, which would also include concrete CTNs. 

A second question is how CTNs taking PPs or (ADJ) attributes may be
identified. This would be useful to know more about even if a good list is
available. 

For example, following Radford, 1988 - ''one'' substitution test: 
noun-complement
1) He is a student of physics / *and she's one of chemistry.
    He's a physics student / *and she's a chemistry one.
modifier of noun
1') He's a student with long hair / and she's one with short hair.
    He's a long-haired student / and she's a short-haired one. 

Thoughts on these contrasts:
2) Read me the story of Cinderella / *and then the one of Puss in Boots. (?)
    Read me the Cinderella story / *and then the Puss in Boots one. 
2') This is a story about dogs / and that's one about cats. 
    This is a dog story / and that's a cat one. (?)
2'') This is the story by Silverstein / and that's the one by Scarry.
     This is the Silverstein story / and that's the Scarry one. (?)
2''') That is a long story / but here's a short one.
     That is a story that's long / but here's one that's short. 

Suggestions and comments appreciated. Summary to follow, if applicable.

Stephani Foraker.
sforaker at uchicago.edu 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:48:36
From: Felicia Lee < leefa99 at earthlink.net >
Subject: British English Speakers Needed 

	

Hello all,

I am looking for native speakers of British English to answer a few
grammaticality questions for me (regarding plural agreement with singular
group nouns).

I'm asking  anyone who is able and willing to help me to e-mail me
directly. I'll e-mail you the examples and will be most grateful for your
responses!

Thank you so much,

Felicia 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
 



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