Using semantic features, how would you explain the oddness of these sentences? (a the television drank my water. (b his dog writes poetry.

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Edwin Shelton

9 April, 23:14

Using semantic features, how would you explain the oddness of these sentences? (a the television drank my water. (b his dog writes poetry.

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Lexi Cole · Answer 1

The answer is: (a) The verb drink requires a subject with the feature [+animate] and the noun television has the feature [-animate].

(b) The verb write requires a subject with the feature [+human] and the noun dog has the feature [-human].