tomas hlava
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Hi!
I cannot resolve this issue:
She devoted learning all her time.
I was taught that the sentence has the MATRIX structure with ´learning´ functioning as an embedded CE - Indirect Object of nominal character (that is analysed as an a nominal non-finite -ing (gerund) clause)
but after the transfer of Oi into Adv position:
She devoted all her time to learning. how do we analyse ´to learning´?
Is it an ordinary Adverb phrase such as if it was in the sentence ´She devoted all her energy to different exercices´ and not an adverbial clause?
or is it an Adverbial clause of place/direction (in abstract sense) because of the gerund giving it a clausal character?
I was also thinking about ´to learning´ functioning as a prepositional object, but since Greenbaum and Quirk says ´Oi´ is transfered into ´Adv´ .. I already do not considere this an option.
thank you for your insights.
I cannot resolve this issue:
She devoted learning all her time.
I was taught that the sentence has the MATRIX structure with ´learning´ functioning as an embedded CE - Indirect Object of nominal character (that is analysed as an a nominal non-finite -ing (gerund) clause)
but after the transfer of Oi into Adv position:
She devoted all her time to learning. how do we analyse ´to learning´?
Is it an ordinary Adverb phrase such as if it was in the sentence ´She devoted all her energy to different exercices´ and not an adverbial clause?
or is it an Adverbial clause of place/direction (in abstract sense) because of the gerund giving it a clausal character?
I was also thinking about ´to learning´ functioning as a prepositional object, but since Greenbaum and Quirk says ´Oi´ is transfered into ´Adv´ .. I already do not considere this an option.
thank you for your insights.