This document discusses semantics terms including predicator, predicate, and degree of a predicate. It provides examples of different types of predicates such as ambient predicates, one-place predicates, two-place predicates, and three-place predicates. It also discusses Kreidler's view on locative predicates and three-place predicates.

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2. S E M A N T I C S S T A I N S A L A T I G A
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3. WHAT IS
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.
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4. EXAMPLE
Read is the predicator in Salma is
reading novel.
Cook is the predicator in Mother
cooks in the kitchen.
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NOTE
Part s of
Speech
Predicator Example
Adjectives V Red, hungry
Verbs V Write, Read
Prepositions V In, between
Nouns V Genius, crook
Conjunctions X And, but, or
Articles X The, a
NB: Be X Is, am, are, was,
were

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7. WHAT IS PREDICATE???
A predicate is any word (or
sequence of words) which (
in a given single sense) can
function as the predicator of
a sentence..
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8. NOTE
A simple sentence only
has one predicator,
although it may well
contain more than one
instance of a predicate.
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9. EXAMPLE
A tall, handsome stranger entered the saloon
This sentence has just one predicator, enter, but
the sentence also contains the words tall,
handsome, stranger, and saloon, all which
are predicates and can function as predicators
in other sentences,. E.g. John is tall, He is
handsome.
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11. WHAT IS THE DEGREE OF A PREDICATE?
A number indicating a number
of arguments it is normally
understood to have in simple
sentences.
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12. AMBIENT PREDICATES
Predicates that do not have any obligatory
argument.
1. It is snowy
2. It is foggy
3. It is cold
4. It is drizzling
5. It is raining
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In Indonesian there
are also ambient
predicates, such as
when people say
“Panas”, “hujan”,
“mendung”, and
“gerimis”

13. ONE PLACE PREDICATES
These are predicates that have one obligatory
argument.
 Peter is tall
 Miss Nancy Smith is a doctor
 Peggy smiles very often
 Mr. Johnson resigned
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14. TWO PLACE PREDICATES
These are predicates that have two
obligatory arguments.
The secretary is making out a
cheque
The workers are building a hotel
The driver drove his taxi very fast
My father mended a broken chair
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15. KREIDLER
According to Kreidler, locative
predicates like on, in, at,
above, beside, near, next to,
and under are also two place
predicates.
The lamp is on the table
Some oranges are in the
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16. THREE PLACE PREDICATES
These are predicates that require three obligatory
arguments.
 John gave Mary a bicycle
 My mother bought my sister a necklace
 My friend send me a book
 The hotel is between showroomand a bank
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17. KREIDLER
The company sent its distributor ten cars from Jakarta to
Denpasar via Surabaya by ship.
Although there are seven arguments in the sentence above, there
are three obligatory arguments, they are company, distributor,
and cars. The other arguments; Jakarta (Source), Denpasar
(Goal), Surabaya (Path), and ship ( Instrument)
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