6. Degrees of Predicate and Generic Sentence

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6. Degrees of Predicate and Generic Sentence

• Degrees of PredicatesThe number of arguments in
  a simple declarative sentence

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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