Query Details
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Enjoy Oneself (by) Doing?
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| Author: | Hiroaki Tanaka | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Lexicography
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| Subject Language(s): |
English
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| Query: |
Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:46:06 +0900
Hiroaki Tanaka hiro-t@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp Enjoy Oneself (by) Doing? Dear Linguists, My former teacher in the university I graduated, a famous lexcographer here in Japan, who is compiling many English-Japanese dictionaries, wants to know whether the following ''enjoy + oneself +(by) + doing'' is currently used in America, Britain and other English speaking countries. Logically, ''enjoy + oneslef + doing'' consturction in (3) below is impossible, because ''enjoy'' does not take double object construction. But he arugues against this, saying that the developmental strategy of ''enjoy'' is from (1a) to (1d). The questions are: (i)Which type in (2a)-(2e) do you think is the most appropriate, acceptable structure of ''enjoy''? (ii)Which do you think is the most old-fashioned, out of use, type in (2a)-(2e)? (iii) Do you think are there any regional differences among these sentences? (1) a. enjoy oneself by doing -->b. enjoy oneself (by) doing -->c. enjoy oneself doing -->d. enjoy doing (2) a. I had a good time playing golf. b. I enjoyed myself playing golf. c. I enjoyed myself while playing golf. d. I enjoyed myself playing golf. e. I enjoyed playing golf. For your information, I refer to the curious omission of ''enjoiy oneself'' in the 5th edition of Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary(OUP), although there is one in the 4th edition of the dictionary(The children enjoyed themsleves playing in the water). I will post a summary. I'm looking forward to your replies. Please e-mail me directly to the following address. Enjoy yourself answering my question! Thanks a lot in advance. Best wishes, Hiroaki Tanaka Associate Professor Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences Tokushima University, Japan 1-1, Minamijousanjioma, Tokushima, 770-8052, Japan phone & fax: +81 886 56 7125 e-mail: hiro-t@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp |
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| LL Issue: | 9.116 | |
| Date posted: | 24-Jan-1998 | |
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