Jan, The ones that come most readily to my mind are adjective phrases. "I bought a horse easy to ride." "I want a car faster than his." She looked for a paint blue as the sea." "He was a man larger than life." Of course, we also have the poetic: "When Columbus sailed the ocean blue..." Craig > This is copied from the article. > > "In similar fashion, when a new group of participants witnessed > ablim used postnominally, but this time in a context in which there was > a reason for its postnominal use that had nothing to do with ablim > itself, participants did not learn a restriction against ablim's > prenominal use. " > > Can anyone give me an example of postnominal use of an adjective with a > reason? > > Thanks! > Jan > > > Quoting "Spruiell, William C" <[log in to unmask]>: > > I ran into this on ScienceDaily, and thought some among the list > membership might find it interesting and/or useful (the article it’s > reporting on is in Language, so if you’ve got an LSA membership, you > already have it). It’s on strategies that learners use to infer > likely grammatical behavior of novel words. > > > > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110315093029.htm > > > > > > --- Bill Spruiell > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/