Re: [文法] 外國網友回應中的being adjectives

[scju (QQ)]

大家好，昨天後來在另一個論壇有後續回應了

https://goo.gl/ta2j7k

不過對於他的回應我有不懂的地方orz
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針對這句話：
your very best — 'level' and 'best' being adjectives.

(註：上述的'level' and 'best'應該是'level' and 'very'才對，我一開始打錯，
導致後來網友回答的引用也跟著錯。
後來我有在論壇裡說明這個筆誤了，所以底下回應中的'best'請自行在腦海中改為'very')

我問：
 I don't understand why there is a 'being' there. Is it reduced from
something? Could you tell me its grammar point?

網友Mister Micawber答：
'Being' just heads a non-finite clause complementing 'level' and 'best'.

他舉例：
My brother, being an airline pilot, is away from home most of the time.
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1.想問的是，上述的head在朗文辭典有兩個我認為可能合適的解釋：

a. to be in charge of a team, government, organization etc
b. to be at the top of a list or group of people or things

我傾向是第一個解釋，也就是「引導、引領」的意思，不知是否正確呢？

2.回答中的complementing 'level' and 'best'指的是a non-finite clause還是
'Being'？

換句話說，指下列的哪一個呢？

a. 'Being' just heads a non-finite clause, and 'Being' complements 'level'
and 'best'.

b. 'Being' just heads a non-finite clause, and the non-finite clause
complements 'level' and 'best'.
('Being' just heads a non-finite clause which complements 'level' and 'best'.)

已經在那邊提問了，不過對方還沒有回應，因此想先來請教各位。謝謝！

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推 l10nel: 1. head是語言學/文法用語,意為"中心詞"/"核心"
→ l10nel: 2. 從他的寫法，宜理解為b.，但他說法有點鬆，
→ l10nel: non-finite clause是整個句子，句子並不會補足
→ l10nel: level and best，句子包含了level and best。所以應該說，
→ l10nel: "being adjectives"中的adjectives是所謂主詞補語，作用在
→ l10nel: 補足主詞(level and best)使句意完整。being（在finite
→ l10nel: 句當中是are）是non-finite子句的中心詞。
網友回應了，果然l10nel大說的一樣，head是語法學的專有名詞！
另外第二題的回答，也確實是B！
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Head

Definition:
A head is a constituent of an endocentric construction that, if standing
alone, could perform the syntactic function of the whole construction.

It may govern the:

agreement of grammatical categories, such as person and number, or
occurrence of other constituents.

Examples:
(English)

In the following construction, the noun 'chair' heads the noun phrase. It also
determines number on the verb:

The wooden chairs in the corner are finished.

In the following construction, the verb 'given' heads the verb phrase 'would
have given'. It also determines the occurrence of a direct object and indirect
object later in the clause:

Mary would have given Bill a dictionary.

http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/head
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※ 編輯: scju (114.25.219.184), 02/03/2018 19:34:40