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| ERIC #: | ED279184 |
| Title: | A Nervous Report: The Transferred Epithet and Body Language. |
| Authors: | Warren, Beatrice |
| Descriptors: | Adjectives; Adverbs; Body Language; Deep Structure; Emotional Response; English; Form Classes (Languages); Language Patterns; Language Styles; Language Usage; Nouns; Phrase Structure; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sensory Experience; Sensory Integration; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Transformational Generative Grammar |
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| Publication Date: | 1984-00-00 |
| Pages: | 10 |
| Pub Types: | Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Abstract: | Transferred epithets, adjectives that appear to have been transferred from adverb to prenominal position (e.g., "I balanced a thoughtful lump of sugar..."), have been viewed as unanalyzable both grammatically and from the viewpoint of transformational derivation. However, another explanation is that these combinations show patterns reflecting human sensation. The patterns pair an adjective describing sensation with a noun representing the experiencer (e.g., an angry man), a behavior (e.g., a sad smile), a body part of the experiencer (e.g., a happy face), a message from the experiencer (e.g., a jealous letter), or less explicitly expressing the experiencer's role, a causer of sensation (e.g., a happy event), a time of sensation (e.g., a sad moment), or a place in which sensation occurs (e.g., an unhappy home). They reflect our experience that messages and body parts are natural mediators of emotions. Further, we expect predicating adjectives, particularly in attributive positions, to have a descriptive or characterizing function and we may adjust our interpretation of adjectives such as these by certain predictable strategies to make them descriptive. (MSE) |
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| Reference Count: | 0 |
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| Note: | In: Ringbom, Hakan, Ed,; Rissanen, Matti, Ed. Proceedings from the Nordic Conference for English Studies Finland, May 19-21, 1983); see FL 016 498. |
| Identifiers: | Transferred Epithets |
| Record Type: | Non-Journal |
| Level: | 1 - Available on microfiche |
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| Languages: | English |
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