Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

What do you expect? or A Taste of Metaphrasing.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "What do you expect? or A Taste of Metaphrasing."— Presentation transcript:

1 What do you expect? or A Taste of Metaphrasing.

2 https://suehallnet.wordpress.com/category/history/

3 Temple of Saturn and Temple of Vespasian, Roman Forum.

4 A small second–third c. C. E. fragment of Plato’s Phædo P. Mich. inv

5 Building (conscious and well-informed) reading expectations.
What do I see? What do I have? What do I expect?

6 Metaphrasing Latin for Reading’s definition: “…a technique that relates the Latin system of morphology and syntax to English word-order patterns” (Knudsvig, Seligson, Craig, 1986). A means of noting and keeping track of your reading expectations, and noticing when they are fulfilled.

7 virum

8 virum What do I see. (Think about morphology / forms here
virum What do I see? (Think about morphology / forms here.)  What do I have? (Think about syntax/cases uses.) What do I expect? (Think about syntax and sentence completeness.)

9 virum What do I see? This is a noun in the accusative singular masculine.  What do I have? With no preposition in front of it, it’s likely a direct object. What do I expect? I would like to have a subject and a transitive verb. “Someone does something to a man.” “Subject verbs a man.”

10 consilium

11 “A plan verbs a direct object.”
consilium “A plan verbs a direct object.” OR “Subject verbs a plan.”

12 “A plan verbs a direct object.” OR “The leader verbs a plan.”
consilium dux “A plan verbs a direct object.” OR “The leader verbs a plan.”

13 rapiunt

14 “Subjects snatch a direct object.”
rapiunt “Subjects snatch a direct object.”

15 ambulant

16 ambulant “Subjects walk.”

17 “Subjects snatch a direct object.” Transitive Active
rapiunt “Subjects snatch a direct object.” Transitive Active sentence pattern / kernel type (transitive active) V S DO ambulant “Subjects walk.” Inransitive Active (intransitive active) V S Talk about transitive/intransitice

18 rapiuntur

19 “Subjects/patients are snatched [by an agent].”
rapiuntur “Subjects/patients are snatched [by an agent].” N. B. With a passive verb *no* expectation of a DO is raised. Only transitive verbs can have a subject/patient. The agent is an expansion item, a modifier, not necessary for completeness.

20 (transitive passive) V S
rapiuntur “Subjects/patients are snatched [by an agent].” Passive kernel type (transitive passive) V S

21 “A plan verbs a direct object.”
consilium “A plan verbs a direct object.” OR “Subject verbs a plan.”

22 “A plan verbs a direct object.”
consilium est “A plan verbs a direct object.” OR “Subject verbs a plan.” “A plan is something.” “Something is a plan.”

23 (linking) V S Subject Complement
consilium est “A plan is something.” OR “Something is a plan.” Linking kernel type (linking) V S Subject Complement

24 Kernel types Transitive active: (transitive active) S V DO Intransitive active: (intransitive active) S V Passive: (transitive passive) S V Linking: S LV Subject Complement Factitive: S V DO Object Complement ____________ Special Intransitive: S (sp. intrans.) V Dative Object Special Linking: S LV Dative Complement Impersonal passive: (intransitive passive) V


Download ppt "What do you expect? or A Taste of Metaphrasing."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google