VOL. 62, BOOK 1, PART B, 2024, pp. 255 – 271 Full text (En)
Author: Nikoleta Georgieva
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
This paper examines detached subjectless -ING clauses without a subordinator and the challenges of their syntactic analysis. A detached -ING clause may combine characteristics of an attribute, a predicative, and an adverbial modifier, and, oftentimes, structural analysis points to one function while semantic analysis suggests another. The difficulties for analysis largely stem from the participle’s indeterminate nature between a verb and an adjective. In this paper, I argue that an –ING clause, depending on the degree of adjectivization of the participle, can be treated as both a non-finite verbal clause and an adjective clause, each fulfilling distinct syntactic functions.
Key words: detached clauses, loose parts of the sentence, -ing participial clauses, attribute, predicative, adverbial clauses, adjectivization
