Weak Purpose Clause

Simonin, Olivier (2011) "Adverbial and Relative to-Infinitives," Journal of English Linguistics, 41, 4-32.

 

Mair (1990:212) PCの分布

主節の動詞がgiveやその類義語,または,taking, acquiring, choosing, using for a specific purposeの意味を持つことが多い。

 

名詞のavailability

Bach's claim that the matrix clause entails -- as a resultant state -- the availability of the entity represented by a gap in the infinitive

(21) ... the thug is invariably a coward -- he generally seems to select an elderly defenseless woman to attack and rob.

(22) *The thug is generally seems to shun elderly women to attack and rob.

 

Green (1992:99)

It/The oxygen is there to revive astonished clients with.

 

availabilityとは?