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Post by Ellie on Oct 12, 2004 9:54:22 GMT -5
Help! On pg. 12 of Harvey's elementary, it states that a copula is not called an element. It then states that analysis is the separation of a sentence into its elements. Would it not then follow that a copula is not included in the analysis? Obviously, copulas ARE included in the analysis, as is shown in the model on pg. 12. What am I missing here??!! Thank you!
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Post by Tracy Gustilo on Oct 13, 2004 17:32:54 GMT -5
That Harvey's does not include the copula as an "element" is an indication of its foresight into traditional logic. The copula is a kind of connector, like a conjunction or a preposition.
Technically, analysis is "taking apart" (compare synthesis, which is "putting together"). When one takes apart, one separates a thing into its component parts or elements. One disconnects what has been connected. In this case, one would need to consider the copula, because one has to see the elements that it connects together (through predication). But the goal of the analysis is to get at the pieces or elements so connected.
Good question.
Tracy
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