这是什么语法现象?看下面的。

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/06/18 04:40:30
My friend said he know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.
So I asked him,"What was the name of his other leg?"
问题:
“a man with a wooden leg named Smith”:1.一个名叫Smith的人有一条木腿(a man named Smith 一个人名叫 Smith )2.一个人有一条名叫Smith的木腿(a wooden leg named Smith 一条木腿名叫Smith)。你能解释一下这种幽默效果是源自英语的什么语法现象吗?

应该没有专业术语吧
就是定语修饰名词的时候,没有明确规定后面的修饰成分必须修饰某一位置吧.

先这样说吧,表达方式不一样。
因为with的关系,他有很多用法。
a man with a wooden leg named Smith也作a man who has a wooden leg named Smith.
a wooden leg named Smith 也作a wooden leg which named Smith.

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