【语言学的几段话求正确翻译9、However,formanyinanimateandabstractnounsinmostcontextswefeeluncomfortableusingaseparatemorphologicalformifwewanttoindicate‘possession,preferringtheof-constructioninstead,e.g.the】
语言学的几段话求正确翻译
9、However,formanyinanimateandabstractnounsinmostcontextswefeeluncomfortableusingaseparatemorphologicalformifwewanttoindicate‘possession,preferringtheof-constructioninstead,e.g.thethrillofaliveconcertratherthan?aliveconcert’sthrill.Theof-constructiondoesnotcountasaseparateformofthenounasitclearlyinvolvesotherelementsandthenounitselfremainsthesame,soweonlyhaveasingleform(here:concert).Croft(2003:137)suggeststhatthereasonwhythehierarchyfromfirstandsecondpersonpersonalpronounstoinanimate/abstractnounsisorderedthewayitis,isthatthemoresimilarpersonsandthingsaretoourselves,themoredistinctionswearelikelytorecognise.