With-absolutes - Niederlandistik
With-absolutes - Niederlandistik
With-absolutes - Niederlandistik
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Defining with-<strong>absolutes</strong> (4)<br />
• Other constructions similar to <strong>absolutes</strong><br />
– Gerund constructions:<br />
12. Them/Their trying to sing a song was just too horrible. (Kortmann<br />
1991: 13)<br />
– <strong>With</strong>/met-prepositional phrases as adjuncts or<br />
complements:<br />
13. Met mijn vertrek naar Indië, […], was hij verzoend. (<strong>With</strong> my<br />
departure for India, […], he was reconciled.) (DBNL 19 th century)<br />
14. <strong>With</strong> a shriek so wild and piercing that […], Olive sprang to the<br />
door. (CLMETEV 3)<br />
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