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Independent dative

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A grammatical construction where a dative noun phrase stands apart from the main clause

Detailed Definition
Independent dative is a dative-case noun phrase that stands apart from the main clause’s syntax, often indicating circumstance or accompaniment; in English poetry, it appears as a prepositional or absolute phrase with archaic or Latinate flavor.
Example
Example in poetry:
Independent dative: Example phrases: “I gave her a book,” “He showed me the way,” “They told us the story,” “She sent him a message” (datives used without prepositions)
Additional Notes
Independent dative: A dative phrase (7182) that is grammatically separate from the main clause, functioning much like an absolute case construction to add tangential information.
Also Known As
Dative absolute Independent indirect object Autonomous dative phrase Freestanding dative
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