語(yǔ)言學(xué)的幾段話求正確翻譯
9、 However, for many inanimate and abstract nouns in most contexts we feel uncomfortable using a separate morphological form if we want to indicate ‘possession, preferring the of-construction instead, e.g. the thrill of a live concert rather than ?a live concert’s thrill. The of- construction does not count as a separate form of the noun as it clearly involves other elements and the noun itself remains the same, so we only have a single form (here: concert). Croft (2003:137) suggests that the reason why the hierarchy from first and second person personal pronouns to inanimate/abstract nouns is ordered the way it is, is that the more similar persons and things are to ourselves, the more distinctions we are likely to recognise.