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Different Syntactic Patterns<br />
3 prototypical patterns:<br />
◮ <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite pattern: verb [a/an Adj CO]<br />
Pat lived [a happy life].<br />
◮ def<strong>in</strong>ite pattern: verb [the (Adj) CO PP]<br />
Pat lived [the tranquil life of a Buddhist monk].<br />
Pat smiled [the smile of reassurance].<br />
◮ possessive pattern: verb [Poss (Adj) CO]<br />
Pat lived [his secret life].<br />
<strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite pattern: shows the Jones properties<br />
other patterns: syntactically more flexible<br />
Manfred Sailer (Gött<strong>in</strong>gen) <strong>Cognate</strong> <strong>Objects</strong> HPSG 2010 10 / 39
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