11.1732, Qs: Function Labels for VPs, "Scyras"

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Subject: 11.1732, Qs: Function Labels for VPs, "Scyras"

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Date:  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:30:41 GMT
From:  "K. Ebensgaard Jensen" <ebensgaard at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Function labels for VPs

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Date:  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:20:37 -0500
From:  "John Harsh" <jharsh at ocean.otr.usm.edu>
Subject:  "scyras"

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:30:41 GMT
From:  "K. Ebensgaard Jensen" <ebensgaard at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Function labels for VPs

Dear Linguists,

A sentence like

"Peter shot the easter bunny"

contains an NP ("Peter"), a VP ("shot"), and another NP, perhaps some would
call it a DP, ("the easter bunny"). In terms of sentential functions, there
is little doubt that the first NP is the Subject of the sentence and that
the NP/DP is the Object. The VP also has a function, but what should one
call this function? Traditionally, VPs, when they do not serve as Subjects,
Objects, Complements etc., are regarded as either Predicators or Verbals -
which one of these two labels is the most appropriate? Are there other
function labels for VPs?

Thank you
Kind regards,
-Kim Ebensgaard Jensen
ISK
University of Southern Denmark
Main Campus - Odense University



-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:20:37 -0500
From:  "John Harsh" <jharsh at ocean.otr.usm.edu>
Subject:  "scyras"

Dear Linguist,

I am trying to find the derivation of the word "scyras". Would anyone happen
to know if this is an old european (French?) spelling of the name of the old
Persian capital city of "Shiraz"?

John Harsh
Hattiesburg, MS
jharsh at ocean.otr.usm.edu


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