emphasis on fronted participial phrases
Mark Wilson
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 31 10:49:37 EST 2002
Eric:
You wrote:
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>E.g., I would think a sentence like "Having gotten into the boat, Peter
>dropped his nets into the water" would still view the finite verb
>("dropped") as being the proper emphasis or focus, if there is any,
>because I think this is the more usual way such sentences are structured
>-- i.e., with the participle/participial phrase at the beginning of the
>sentence.
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If as you say this construct is the "more usual" way, then I would
NOT give emphasis to either the finite verb or the participle.
Otherwise, you force emphasis upon every sentence.
Emphasis to me means a construct that deviates from the "more ususal."
My thoughts,
Mark Wilson
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