研究习作: remind: a transitive/intransitive V? why?

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Note: Examples are taken from the Virtual Language Centre, HK.

 

[patricx]

obviously "remind" is a transitive verb
remind+NP
remind+indirec object+of/that

 

[xiaoz]

remind someone of something

remind some to do thing / that-clause

Also note the difference in meanings of remind in the two patterns.

 

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回复：研究习作: remind: a transitive/intransitive V? why?

以下是引用 xiaoz 在 2005-7-29 21:10:31 的发言：
remind someone of something

remind some to do thing / that-clause

Also note the difference in meanings of remind in the two patterns.

Then the question is: how does knowing the transitivity of the verb
help us in anyway in understanding the meaning differences? What is
a better way to understand language, at least in this case?

 

[xiaoz]

But in all of these patterns, remind is a transitive verb.

In my view, the meaning difference comes from different time references - with a past/present time reference, or with a future time reference. what is reminded in the pattern remind sb to V only has a future time reference (linked to the infivitive?) while the patterns remind sb of sth and remind sb that-clause can have both types of time references.

 

[xujiajin]

A reference:
Bolinger, Dwight. 1971. Semantic overloading: A restudy of the verb remind. Language 47. 522-47.