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-ing adjectives

An analysis has already been provided for past participal (-ed) adjectives (as in sentence  ((503))), which are restricted to the Transitive Verb family.24.4 A similar analysis needs to take place for the present participle (-ing) used as a pre-nominal modifier. This type of adjective, however, does not seem to be as restricted as the -ed adjectives, since verbs in other tree families seem to exhibit this alternation as well (e.g. sentences ((504)) and ((505))).
(502)0(502
(503)
The murdered man was a doctoral student at UPenn .  (503)0(503
(504)
The man died .  (504)0(504
(505)
The dying man pleaded for his life . 



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1998-09-14