问答题 State the most obvious differences between compounds and verb phrases in English. Compounds Verb Phrasesfoot-warmers [I]warmed my feetman-eating [She]eats an applebrainwash [He was]washing disheshaircut [The boy]cuts a piece of paper
【正确答案】正确答案:From the examples, we can see that compounds are those words that consist of more than one lexical morpheme, or the way to join two separate words to produce a single form. In compounds, the lexical morphemes can be of different word classes.(1 point)All the given words are endocentric compounds. The heads of them are derived from verbs. The first member is a participant of the process verb, which not only determines the category of the whole compound, but also determines the major part of the sense of the compound. In this sense, the right member serves as the head.(2 points)Compounds are written in different ways. Some can be written as single words; some can be joined with a hyphen "-" ; some can be written with ordinary space between the two parts.(1 point) Phrase is a single element of structure containing more than one word, and lacking the subject-predicate structure typical of clause. A phrase must be a group of words which form a constituent.(1 point)A verb phrase usually consists of a verb plus a nominal group, and is cbnsequently no longer a verb. The verb in the phrase serves as the head.(2 points)Phrases are written with ordinary space between the words.(1 point)
【答案解析】解析:考查复合词与动词短语之间的区别。复合词指那些由一个以上的词汇语素构成的词,或者由两个独立的词连接起来构成的新形式。例子中给出的都是向心复合词,中心成分都是从动词派生出来的,第一个成员都是动作过程的参与者,决定了整个复合词的词类和主要意义,可以被看作中心成分。短语在语言的层级中,介于词和小句中间,由两个或者更多词构成,但没有主谓结构。短语必须由几个词构成一个语法单位。动词短语通常由动词加上一个名词词组构成,而动词被看作中心成分。从书写方式来看,复合词有的可以写成一个词,有的可以用连字符“-”,也有的在其构成的两部分间可以有一个空格。构成短语的每个词之间用空格隔开。