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Cognate Objects in English - GWDG

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Problems for the Adjunct Analysis<br />

Massam (1990); Macfarland (1995); Kuno and Takami (2004)<br />

passivization: [A smile] was smiled somewhere.<br />

def<strong>in</strong>iteness restriction: Pat slept [the sleep of the just].<br />

obligatory modification: You’ve got to live [your life], too. (BNC)<br />

required cognateness:<br />

Van Ald<strong>in</strong> laughed [a quiet little cackle of amusement].<br />

manner paraphrase:<br />

She laughed [a little laugh] <strong>in</strong> her throat, but didn’t answer.<br />

restriction to <strong>in</strong>transitive verbs:<br />

(3) They fought [a heroic fight].<br />

They fought the enemy heroically/ *[a heroic fight].<br />

In <strong>English</strong>: <strong>Cognate</strong> objects are complements.<br />

Manfred Sailer (Gött<strong>in</strong>gen) <strong>Cognate</strong> <strong>Objects</strong> HPSG 2010 9 / 39

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