Table 11 Examples involving uninterpretable content.
Example number | Example (structural type) | Anticipation; Markers; Interpretation type |
|---|---|---|
(14) | It was rumoured that he was close to eighty years old, but he could easily pass for a healthy sixty. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Counter-anticipation; But; interpretable (Ippolito, Kiss & Williams, 2022) |
(15) | It was rumoured that he was close to eighty years old, #and he could easily pass for a healthy sixty. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Pro-anticipation; And; uninterpretable (Traugott, 2022: Ch. 1) |
(16) | Similarly, because his grasp of wholes (or the ends of action) is weak, he cannot manage difficult enterprises or undertake great projects. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Pro-anticipation; Because; interpretable (McHugh, 2023) |
(17) | Similarly, because his grasp of wholes (or the ends of action) is weak, #he can manage difficult enterprises or undertake great projects. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Pro-anticipation; Because; uninterpretable (McHugh, 2023) |
(18) | He doesn’t work much because he doesn’t have to. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Pro-anticipation; Because; interpretable (McHugh, 2023) |
(19) | He doesn’t work much #because he has to. (Multi-clausal sentence) | Counter-anticipation; Because; uninterpretable (McHugh, 2023) |
