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6. FINDINGS<br />

Phrases having a nominal as their head may exhibit four different structural<br />

patterns, as noted in Section 5.3.1 above. They are repeated here for convenience, using as<br />

examples members of the doublets analyzed in this section. The patterns are a) the nominal<br />

head is the only constituent (cf. [186]); b) there are pre-head dependents only, as in [187];<br />

c) post-head dependents only (cf. [188]); or d) both pre- and post-head dependents (cf.<br />

[189]):<br />

(186) (…) and so to open the powers of the skinne by euaporating,<br />

breathing and scattering abroad, and make thinne the grosse<br />

matter and Phlegme. (E2 1602 Clowes Treatise for the artificiall<br />

cure of struma)<br />

(187) (…) there is but few mens labors at the first made so perfect, but<br />

that in processe of time & further consideration, they may be<br />

bettered, corrected and amended. (E2 1602 Clowes Treatise for<br />

the artificiall cure of struma)<br />

(188) (…) so that they who believe the virtue of attracting light Bodies<br />

to flow from the substantial form of Amber, (…) (E3 1675-6 Boyle<br />

Electricity & magnetism)<br />

(189) (…) or whether the Effect were not due rather to the Emission and<br />

Retraction of Effluvia, which being of a viscous nature may<br />

consist of Particles (…) (E3 1675-6 Boyle Electricity &<br />

magnetism)<br />

Thus, determiners (the), possessives, relative pronouns (what, which, that), PossPs,<br />

adjectives and adverbs that may appear before the nominal will be considered pre-head<br />

dependents. Post-head dependents will be all those PPs and adverbs acting as complements<br />

or adjuncts of the head.<br />

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