1. 6. Degrees of Predicate and Generic Sentence
Degrees of Predicates The number of arguments in a simple declarative sentence
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2. TIK 6 DEGREES OF PREDICATES AND GENERIC SENTENCES
Objective:
Students are able to make up sentences using various degree of predicate and make up generic sentences using vaorious indicators.
Topics:
Degrees of Predicates
Generic Sentences
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Degrees of Predicate
HOW MANY REFERRING EXPRESSIONS CAN YOU FIND IN EACH SENTENCE?
This place is beautiful
He sneezes
He gives me some money
He loves me
I love him
I am hungry
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Degrees of predicates
How many referring expressions can you find
This place is beautiful
He sneezes
He gives me some money
He loves me
I love him
I am hungry
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Degrees of Predicates
He sneezed
This sentence has one referring expression – He
Sneeze is one - degree of predicate
I love him
This sentence has two referring expressions I and him
Love is a two - degree of predicate
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Degrees of Predicates
I gave him some money
I, him and some money are the arguments of the sentence
Give needs three arguments
Give is a three-place predicate
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Conclusion
Degrees of predicate
The number of arguments in a simple declarative sentence
Generic Sentence ---- see Main Reading 2
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