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Questão de Inglês — Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing — FRONTE 2026

InglêsAnálise sintática | Syntax Parsing
Código
qg681716
Banca
FRONTE
Órgão
Prefeitura de Martinópolis - SP
Ano
2026
Nível
Superior
Cargo
Professor PEB II – Inglês
The distinction between "lexical prepositions" and "grammaticalized (functional) prepositions" is central to modern syntactic theory. Compare the following uses:1. She is waiting for the bus.2. The book is on the desk.According to the criteria of Huddleston and Pullum regarding the status of prepositions as heads of phrases, it is correct to conclude that:
  1. AIn (1), "for" is a licensed functional preposition (grammaticalized) determined by the verb, while in (2), "on" is a lexical head that contributes its own spatial meaning to the phrase.
  2. BIn both cases, the prepositions are mere "case markers" and cannot be considered heads of their respective phrases.
  3. CIn (1), the preposition is a clitic, whereas in (2) it is a free morpheme with no syntactic relation to the noun phrase.
  4. DThe preposition in (2) is an obligatory complement of the verb "to be", making it as grammaticalized as the "for" in (1).
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GabaritoA — In (1), "for" is a licensed functional preposition (grammaticalized) determined by the verb, while in (2), "on" is a lexical head that contributes its own spatial meaning to the phrase.

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