given Turkey's perception

[Rabab Azem]

what's the meaning of the underlined in the following: "Steinmeier, speaking in northern German city of Stralsund, said there was virtually "no basis" for discussions at the moment, given Turkey's perception that Germany had not taken the coup attempt seriously and Germany's concern about mass arrests and dismissals in Turkey afterwards."? And what is the grammatical function of the words in bold? (taken from a newspaper article)

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Given' means 'considering'. The bold part is a noun phrase.

 

[Rabab Azem]

Is there omitted words in the second part of the sentence? and what does the word "perception" in the sentence mean?

 

[TheParser]

There was "no basis" for discussions, given Turkey's perception .

NOT A TEACHER


"Given Turkey's perception, there was 'no basis' for discussions."

Here are the opinions of four famous grammarians.

1. "Given the present conditions, I think that she's done rather well."

a. = "If one takes into account present conditions, I think that ...."

b. "Given" in that sentence is functioning as a preposition.

2. "Given the chance, I'd do it again."

a. = If I were given the chance, I'd ...."

b. "Given" is functioning as a participle.



Source: Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985), page 660.