Corpora: Prepositions, subjunctions and conjunctions

[j.m.b.johannessen at ilf.uio.no]

Some further distinctions between prepositions, subjunctions and conjunctions:

Prepositions typically are followed by an NP that is marked by accusative
case, which is marked in English on pronouns:
	(i)	He came with me

Conjunctions typically do not introduce a particular case marking:
	(ii)	He and I came with her.

(But there are dialects in which conjunctions actually do change the case
of the pronouns:
	(iii)	Him and me came with her)

The main difference between subjunctions and conjunctions in English is
that a subjunctive clause, being subordinate, can be moved around. This is
not the case with conjunct clauses:

	(iv)	Mary left because Milly got angry
		Because Milly got angry, Mary left
	(v)	Mary left and Milly got angry
		*And Milly got angry, Mary left

Janne Bondi Johannessen.