[Lingtyp] NP + PP construction

[Siva Kalyan]

In English, it would be more natural to say "Legs off the table!". Likewise "(*Your) hands in the air!". I.e., it is probably useful to distinguish N + PP from NP + PP (or rather, NP + PP from DP + PP, depending on your framework).

Siva

> On 21 Sep 2020, at 1:51 pm, JOO, Ian [Student] <ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I wonder if there has been any literature on the construction where there is no verb, but only an NP and a PP, such as:
> 
> (1) Superman to the rescue!
> (2) Your legs off the table!
> 
> Of course, not only in English, but in any language. I would appreciate your help.
> 
> From Hong Kong,
> Ian
> 
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