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I'm trying to figure out how the sentence "My hands are shaking like crazy," breaks down into lexical categories. I know "like" can function as a preposition, meaning "similar to", but I'm not sure if "like" can be a preposition since I don't think "crazy" is a noun/object in this sentence, and from what I know, PP's require noun phrases as a sub-categorization rule in syntax.
I would say "crazy" is an adverb since it seems to be modifying "shaking", but that leaves me clueless as to how like functions in the sentence.
Please explain the different parts of speech for "like" and "crazy" in this sentence.
Thank you!
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I'm trying to figure out how the sentence "My hands are shaking like crazy," breaks down into lexical categories. I know "like" can function as a preposition, meaning "similar to", but I'm not sure if "like" can be a preposition since I don't think "crazy" is a noun/object in this sentence, and from what I know, PP's require noun phrases as a sub-categorization rule in syntax.
I would say "crazy" is an adverb since it seems to be modifying "shaking", but that leaves me clueless as to how like functions in the sentence.
Please explain the different parts of speech for "like" and "crazy" in this sentence.
Thank you!
grammar syntax parts-of-speech lexicon
asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
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So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
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Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
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@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21
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I'm trying to figure out how the sentence "My hands are shaking like crazy," breaks down into lexical categories. I know "like" can function as a preposition, meaning "similar to", but I'm not sure if "like" can be a preposition since I don't think "crazy" is a noun/object in this sentence, and from what I know, PP's require noun phrases as a sub-categorization rule in syntax.
I would say "crazy" is an adverb since it seems to be modifying "shaking", but that leaves me clueless as to how like functions in the sentence.
Please explain the different parts of speech for "like" and "crazy" in this sentence.
Thank you!
grammar syntax parts-of-speech lexicon
asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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I'm trying to figure out how the sentence "My hands are shaking like crazy," breaks down into lexical categories. I know "like" can function as a preposition, meaning "similar to", but I'm not sure if "like" can be a preposition since I don't think "crazy" is a noun/object in this sentence, and from what I know, PP's require noun phrases as a sub-categorization rule in syntax.
I would say "crazy" is an adverb since it seems to be modifying "shaking", but that leaves me clueless as to how like functions in the sentence.
Please explain the different parts of speech for "like" and "crazy" in this sentence.
Thank you!
grammar syntax parts-of-speech lexicon
grammar syntax parts-of-speech lexicon
asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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asked Jun 29 '17 at 16:45
Kaitlyn
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So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
2
Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
1
@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21
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So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
2
Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
1
@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21
So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
2
2
Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
1
1
@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21
@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21
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Like crazy is an idiom and should be treated as a single word; an adverb describing how my hands were shaking.
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Like crazy is an idiom and should be treated as a single word; an adverb describing how my hands were shaking.
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Like crazy is an idiom and should be treated as a single word; an adverb describing how my hands were shaking.
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Like crazy is an idiom and should be treated as a single word; an adverb describing how my hands were shaking.
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Like crazy is an idiom and should be treated as a single word; an adverb describing how my hands were shaking.
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answered Jun 19 at 18:22
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So interesting. (I love informal English and all forms of dialect!)
– DukeZhou
Jun 29 '17 at 16:50
Taken collectively, like crazy is an "intensifier". I wondered what the full OED would make of the similar (BrE?) expression like billyo, so I looked it up. Intriguingly, OED says billyo is a "noun", but I really can't imagine what kind of "thing" it refers to (it virtually never occurs except in that "compound intensifier" context).
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:01
Actually, I'd say crazy in your context is an adjective (short for like crazy hands - i.e. shaking the way that crazy hands would shake). But how that parsing would work with billyo is beyond me.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 29 '17 at 17:04
2
Like crazy is an idiomatic fixed phrase, and therefore its parts no longer have individual lexical categories because they've been reified. It's pointless to argue how to label non-terminal nodes; you can have as many angels dancing on them as you like.
– John Lawler
Jun 29 '17 at 18:22
1
@FumbleFingers, you are probably familiar with shaking hands, aren't you? :P
– Scrooble
Jun 30 '17 at 1:21