Here and throughout the course, what we mean by
linguistic evidence is the linguistic data that form the basis for your
conclusion - in other words, expressions together with associated
grammaticality judgments.
For instance, is the underlined noun phrase in (1a) a complement or an adjunct of the italicized verb? (1b) is evidence that it is an adjunct.
What about the status of the same string in (2a)? In this case, (2b) is evidence that the expression is a complement rather than an adjunct.
Even though (1b) and (2b) differ in grammaticality, their status as evidence (that is, as the basis for drawing conclusions) is the same. |