Preposition phrases

Yeonsol Kim

April 02, 2026

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Properties

1. Prepositions은 전형적으로 NP를 complement로 license하지만 PP, AdvP, clause 등 other complement types도 가능하다.
2. PPs는 complements를 가지지 않을 수 있다. e.g., aboard, outside, when, where
3. PPs는 VP, NP, AdjP에서 dependents가 될 수 있다.

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1. Dependents of nouns

1. complements
2. subject-corresponding complements
3. object-corresponding complements

Examples.

1. three of the boys
2. the rise of the sun
3. the conquest of the world

2. Dependents of verbs

Examples.
She saw it in the rearview mirror.

3. Dependents of adjectives

Examples.
I fell so ill with hay fever.

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