Re: Sub-catergorization- please help me understand this better How do you understand the following example ?
The instructor suggested the students to study
In what case should one use the verbal form suggest to ?
Subcategorisation aims at reducing ambiguity by showing the expected links between different words semantically and syntactically speaking.
To cut a potato with a knife .
Is it To cut a potato and to cut a knife.
To cut a potato which has a knife
To cut a potato by means of a knife.
To cut : the predicate entails a direct object : potato
The semantic dimension ( common knowledge): if with is followed by a word ( tool) it is linked to the predicate cut : to cut with
if not , it belongs to the direct object
To cut a potato with a hole.
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