This is one of materials of Syntax and Semantics.

1. “PREDICATES”
Dozen Pengampu : Luky Tiasari, M. Pd
PRESENTED BY :
1. SIPRIANUS NDAWA LU (11 002 021)
2. ANDI TRI APRIYANTORO (11 002 075)
3. KUN ANISATUL U. (2012 002 112)

2. 1. PREDICATES
Predicates is a sentence sometimes
contains one or more referring
expressions plus other words that do
not form part of any of the referring
expression.
1. I am happy.
2. She have made an appointment.

3. 2. PREDICATOR
The predicator of a simple declarative sentence is the
word (sometimes a group of words) which does not belong
to any of the referring expressions and which of the
remainder, makes the most specific contribution to the
meaning of the sentence.
1. You are beautiful
2. Your hair is curly
3. He is meeting the girl.
4. We will go to the campus tomorrow.
5. Mrs. Rini is in her office.
6. Real Madrid, a famous football club won
Champion League yesterday.
7. Fatim lives in salafiyah islamic boarding
school.
8. English Department students of 2011 are
going to visit IALF in Bali.

4. Predicators can be:
All of part of speech,
except :
- Conjunction
- Articles
- To be
The semantic analysis of
simple declarative
sentences reveals two
major semantic roles:
a. Predicators, and
b. Arguments, played by
the referring
expression
Romeo loved Juliet
1. Dina is an
engineer.
2. Fany gives him
the book .

5. 3. PREDICATE
Predicate is any
word (or
sequence of
words) which (in
a given single
sentence) can
function as the
predicator of a
sentence.
1. A tall, beautiful woman entered
the class.
2. Drs. Pardimin , M. Pd. is a rector
of UST Jogjakarta.
3. Nurul kusuma, who brings the
notebook is our friend.
4. Our group makes the example of
predicates well.

6. 4. PREDICATOR VS PREDICATES
Predicates can be predicator in
other sentence.
Example from the previous example:
- A tall, beautiful woman entered the
class.

7. 5. DEGREE OF PREDICATE
The degree of predicates is a number
indicating the number of arguments it
is normally understood to have in
simple sentences.
1. This movie is amazing.
2. All of semantics students are smart.
3. Our campus is comfortable.
4. Shinta brings an apple.
5. Mrs. Rini teaches semantics.
6. The teacher gives me a card.
7. Darus is between Nurus and Risa.
8. Mrs. Rini gives some assignments for us.

8. 6. SOURCE
Hurford, James.R, and Brendan Heasley. 1986. Semantics: a
Coursebook.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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