Delahunty and Garvey
species, we discover unexpected similarities between it and other apparently
unrelated species. Thus if prepositions and adverbs are not as distinct as we
once thought, our discovery of this fact derives from our closer observation
of their verbal ecology.
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glossary.
active: a grammatical voice, expressed without be + Ven. See passive.
accusative (also called objective): case of pronouns associated with direct
objects and objects of prepositions.
adverbial clause: subordinate clause that functions as an adverbial. See
nominal clause and relative clause.
aspect: a category of a verb phrase signaled by inflection, auxiliary verbs,
and other constructions, e.g., progressive, perfect, habitual.
attributive noun phrase: a NP that provides a description but does not
refer to any particular individual. See referring noun phrase.
auxiliary verb: a verb used with a main verb to indicate aspect, voice, and