Expected You To Come By David Ramchand

All four novels convey r-relation, the manner in which verbs are integrated into sentence construction (Schönefeld, 2001). According to Ramchand, a grammatical construction is agreeable with verbs whose context explains in one way or the other the constructional meaning (2008). As shown earlier, verbs used in a sentence structure can take different forms for example descriptive, expository, expressive or argumentative forms. The manner in which it is relayed by the author always means that the reader will have to find his or her own meaning as relates to the usage of the verb in whatever context. Hence, semantic structures make construction agreeable with verbs that show types of coordinated action. Ramchand further argues that the use of verbs …show more content…
Since both are high fiction, some of the verbs and even phrases used are not common in modern English. In chapter of 6 of Brandon’s King, the Kalak says, “ I … expected you … to come,” (Sanderson, 2011, p, 26). In this phrase, the verb ‘expected’ has been constructed in a present past particple, and describes the intention of the subject. The verb ‘come’ is independent and carries its own meaning. The verb ‘expected’ and ‘come’ are used in a descriptive manner. The whole sentence indicates that the Kalak wanted Szeth to attend the meeting that was prepared for all Heralds. The verb “You there!” used by Alethi, is simple and informal language that has been used in the dialogue throughout the novel (Sanderson, 2011, p. 36). The phrase ‘You there” is denotes a call in modern English even though it does not say it directly for instance the use of the word ‘come’, which means the same thing. Even though all the novel used in this paper contain reported verbs, I note that Brandon’s King contains numerous reported verbs (words used to mark that discourse is being quoted), for instance words like “she explained to”, “he assured her”, and “ he reminded