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1、Postponement, Fronting and Inversion Normal order: SVO SVC My mother likes a cup of tea every afternoon. End focus and end weight End focus: New information, usually expressed by the predicate, is the message to be conveyed, and the focus or the most important part of the message usually occupies th
2、e end position in the sentence. End weight: the construction of the subject is usually shorter and less complicated than that of the predicate where the new information lies, as to avoid being top-heavy or awkwardly unbalanced. We often emphasize a particular part of a sentence. In speech : stress a
3、nd intonation In writing: changing the position of elements in a sentence. Cleft sentences fronting1. PostponementPostponement means placement of a non-ending element at the end of a sentence.a grammatical device for achieving emphasis. compare:He gave me a book.He gave a book to me.This shows the i
4、mportance of final placement in the ordering of words. 1. The Warren report has left many questions unanswered. It has been accepted by most Americans. 2. A country remains military strong. It neednt worry about being attacked.2. Fronting and inversionFronting: the placement of a normally non-initia
5、l element at the head of a sentence so as to give prominence and lend emphasis. Fronting without inversion 1. for textual cohesion:Mr. White fried two pieces of fish. One of these he fed to his cat. The other he ate himself.2. to acquire a contrastive meaning and to ensure balance in sentence struct
6、ureJoan he gave nothing, but George he gave 10 shillings.Fool Joe may be, but thief he is not.3. inversionis most frequently found in sentence where an adverbial is fronted. two types of inversion :full inversion: reversal of the subject and the whole predicate; partial inversion: reversal of the su
7、bject and the operator only. 3.1 Full inversion commonly occurs when the fronted adverbial is a locative or an onomatopoeia and when the predicator is a verb of motion such as come or go, eg: There was a sudden gust of wind, and away went his hat. There comes the bus. ? Here comes it. Full inversion
8、 is also common when the fronted adverbial is a prepositional phrase denoting place, eg: At the back of the house was an untidy garden. For years I have been writing to the President in the White House. To meet him is my most fervent wish. 3.2 Partial inversion usually takes place A. when the fronte
9、d adverbial comprises a negative word or a word with negative implication, eg: Never have I found him in such a good mood. Rarely do I get invited into his office alone. B. when the fronted adverbial is “only + adverb / prepositional phrase / adverbial clause,” eg: Only yesterday did he find out tha
10、t his watch was missing. Only through sheer luck did he manage to get some tickets. ?Only members can park here. C. when the sentence is introduced by “Not only (but also)”, eg: Not only did he complain about the food, he also refused to pay for it. D. when a sentences is introduced by the correlati
11、ve so ( that). When initial so modifies an adjective, there is full inversion: So dangerous were the avalanches that skiing had to be stopped. When initial so modifies an adverb, there is partial inversion: So quickly did the workmen finish the Job that they were highly praised. E. when the adverbial of manner or frequency is fronted. If the subject is heavily modified, then even full inversion is
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