Comparative Concept: predicational locative strategy (str)
predicational locative strategy (str)
Typ | strategy (def) |
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Alias(se) | predicational locative strategy |
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Spraakbanken | predicational locative strategy (str) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a strategy for the presentational location construction (and presentational constructions in general) which recruits the predicational location construction. The predicational locative strategy has a fixed-order subtype, where the word order of figure phrase and locative phrase remains the same. Example: Welsh mae car yma 'There is a car here' has the same word order as the predicational locative Mae'r car yma 'The car is here'. The predicational locative strategy also has a reverse-order subtype, where the word order is reversed so that the locative phrase precedes the figure phrase. Example: On the table was a large bowl has the same structure as The large bowl was on the table, except that the order of on the table and a/the large bowl is reversed. More grammaticalized versions of this strategy include English There's a snake in the back yard. (Section 10.4.3)