Timeline for When the object and the preposition phrase are interchangeable?
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| Oct 31, 2020 at 17:14 | comment | added | BillJ | @PeterWang Yes, essentially: I think this is a case of emphasis being put on the direct object, rather than one of postposing complex material to the end of the clause. The object ("A piece of precious gold") is not really 'heavy' enough to warrant obligatory postposing, so I think it's best treated as optional. | |
| Oct 31, 2020 at 14:12 | comment | added | Peter Whang | Do you mean "end focus" which was referred to in this link english.cam.ac.uk/elor/lo/end-focus/index.html. It says "End focus is based on the general fact that different parts of utterances have different communicative values … and that normally NEW or important INFORMATION is reserved for the end.(Wales 2000: 126)" | |
| Oct 31, 2020 at 12:45 | comment | added | James K | can you clarify the meaning of "phonological prominence" especially in the context of written English. My understanding is that phonological prominence relates to aspects such as word stress and sentence pitch intonation, which doesn't seem to be the intention here. | |
| Oct 31, 2020 at 12:33 | history | answered | BillJ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |