Hello
Could anyone please explain the exact meaning and/or use of the phrasal verb "predicated of"? Although I have a feeling it is not, could it be merely an alternative to "predicated on"?
The sentence where I encountered this construct:
"Ideational meanings are also conveyed in the form of propositions in which a state, action, process or event is predicated of an argument or of arguments."
Interestingly, looking up this construct from Corpus of Contemporary American English you'll notice that approximately half of the results are from a theological journal (are 19 altogether against 600 for "predicated on").
Thank you
Could anyone please explain the exact meaning and/or use of the phrasal verb "predicated of"? Although I have a feeling it is not, could it be merely an alternative to "predicated on"?
The sentence where I encountered this construct:
"Ideational meanings are also conveyed in the form of propositions in which a state, action, process or event is predicated of an argument or of arguments."
Interestingly, looking up this construct from Corpus of Contemporary American English you'll notice that approximately half of the results are from a theological journal (are 19 altogether against 600 for "predicated on").
Thank you