摘要
“Of”is the most common preposition in English.Based on the examination of 492 nominal groups with“of”phrase as the postmodifier,this study explored the functions of“of”and concluded that“of”primarily functions as a minor verb instead of a structure marker.Furthermore,the study investigated what processes“of”mainly represents when functioning as a minor verb.
"Of" is the most common preposition in English. Based on the examination of 492 nominal groups with "of" phrase asthe postmodifier, this study explored the functions of "of" and concluded that "of" primarily functions as a minor verb instead of astructure marker. Furthermore, the study investigated what processes "of" mainly represents when functioning as a minor verb.
作者
张淑玲
ZHANG Shu-ling(China Women’s University,Beijing 100101,China)
出处
《海外英语》
2019年第24期88-90,129,共4页
Overseas English
