Friday, 17 June 2022

Distinguishing Post-Deictic And Epithet

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 189):
To test if an adjective is a Post-Deictic, check whether it can come before a Numerative in the structure. If it can, it is a Post-Deictic rather than an Epithet or Classifier. Compare:


Blogger Comments:

This is potentially misleading. Since some adjectives can serve as post-Deictic or Epithet, it is not a matter of whether the adjective can precede the Numerative, but whether the adjective actually does precede the Numerative. This can be demonstrated using the authors' example:

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