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==When the complement of the preposition is indefinite==
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==When the complement is a demonstrative or a possessive NP==
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|ri
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|seo.
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|to
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|this
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|colspan="2"| 'To this.' (Adger 2000)
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|*ris
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|seo.
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|to.def
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|this (Adger 2000)
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|ri
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|mo
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|bhràthair.
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|to
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|1sg.poss
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|brother
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|colspan="2"| 'To my brother.' (Adger 2000)
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|*ris
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|mo
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|bhràthair.
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|to.def
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|1sg.poss
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|brother (Adger 2000)
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==When the definite DP complement is extracted out of the PP==
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*prepositions do not appear in their definite forms
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|'S
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|e
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|an
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|duine
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|a
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|bha
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|an seo
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|an-dè
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|a
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|dh'fheuch
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|mi
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|ri
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|mharbhadh.
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|cop.pres
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|3sg.m
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|the
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|man
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|wh-C
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|be.pres
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|here
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|yesterday
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|wh-C
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|try.pst
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|1sg
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|to
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|kill.vn
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|colspan="2"| 'It was the man that was here yesterday that I tried to kill.' (Adger 2000)
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|e
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|an
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|duine
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|a
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|bha
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|an seo
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|an-dè
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|a
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|dh'fheuch
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|mi
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|ris
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|mharbhadh.
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|cop.pres
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|3sg.m
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|the
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|man
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|wh-C
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|be.pres
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|here
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|yesterday
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|wh-C
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|try.pst
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|1sg
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|to.def
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|kill.vn (Adger 2000)
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 08:00, 3 November 2013

When the complement is indefinite

le peann.
with pen
'WIth a pen.' (Adger 2000)
Do taigh.
to house
'To a house.' (Adger 2000)

When the complement is definite

  • prepositions appear in their definite forms
leis a' pheann.
with.def the pen
'WIth the pen.' (Adger 2000)
Dhan an taigh.
to.def the house
'To a house.' (Adger 2000)

When the complement is a demonstrative or a possessive NP

  • prepositions do not appear in their definite forms
ri seo.
to this
'To this.' (Adger 2000)
*ris seo.
to.def this (Adger 2000)
ri mo bhràthair.
to 1sg.poss brother
'To my brother.' (Adger 2000)
*ris mo bhràthair.
to.def 1sg.poss brother (Adger 2000)

When the definite DP complement is extracted out of the PP

  • prepositions do not appear in their definite forms
'S e an duine a bha an seo an-dè a dh'fheuch mi ri mharbhadh.
cop.pres 3sg.m the man wh-C be.pres here yesterday wh-C try.pst 1sg to kill.vn
'It was the man that was here yesterday that I tried to kill.' (Adger 2000)
*'S e an duine a bha an seo an-dè a dh'fheuch mi ris mharbhadh.
cop.pres 3sg.m the man wh-C be.pres here yesterday wh-C try.pst 1sg to.def kill.vn (Adger 2000)

See Also

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