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resultative nominals
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:13 am
by metal56
Hi All
I'm looking for examples and an explanation of resultative nominals:
e-g.
Madge brought her cuttings inside.
Terry sent his winnings home
Can you help?
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:05 pm
by Harzer
On another forum I have been reading about "resultative adjectives":
the dog licked his dish clean
the butcher cut the meat thin
I can see why these might deserve a special name, as they have adjectival force (clean is a short cut for so that it was clean), but do not seem to behave either attributively or predicatively.
But I am unclear as to where the term "resultative nominals" comes from, when the words "home" and "inside" can hardly be regarded as having the force of nouns when they show location resulting from a verb of motion.
Clearer examples of the dilemma might be found in:
she took her gear off
he immediately asked her out
Harzer
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:00 pm
by metal56
I'm sorry, I meant to highlight the nominals in question:
She brought her cuttings inside.
He brought his takings home.
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:37 am
by Harzer
Oh, I see now!
cuttings = things which have been cut
takings = things which have been taken
I expect there is a whole class of words like this: misgivings, sweepings, findings ...
But do they deserve a special classification because e.g. they behave strangely?
Harzer