Materi Kuliah More Transformations Psycolinguistic

1.      Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns share numerous properties with noun phrases that have characterization of ending in –self or –selves. For example, Mikha cooked for herself. Reflexive pronoun also must refer to the same individual as some other noun phrase in the sentence. The situation in which two noun phrase refer to the same individual is called coreferentiality. For example Mikha talked to Steven about herself.

2.      The Imperative

The imperative sentence generally is one that is used to make a request or to give an order. The subject must be you but through transformation you deletion. The reason why subject deletion because directly subject itself  make request or give an order. For example,

-          Give me your book, please.

-          Please shave yourself. Why yourself not myself, because requester is myself.

3.      The Dative

The dative determined positions of the direct object and the indirect object in the verb phrase. According to preposition that be appeared, the dative devided two partly as to dative ( John gave a book to mary ) and for dative ( mary bought a dress for susan ).

4.      The Passive

The passive is derived from active by three distinct transformational operations ;

a.      Movement of the underlying subject into a by phrase to the right of the verb phrase,

b.      Insertion of be en , and

c.       Movement of the underlying direct object into subject position.