Expanding Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics
Expanding Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics
Expanding Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics
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Sub-class of verbs<br />
• Class II verbs form a sub-class of Levin’s<br />
(1993) “Verbs of creation <strong>and</strong><br />
transformation”<br />
• They differ with respect to the nature of<br />
the effected object<br />
• Since we can’t explain this distribution in<br />
terms of more abstract constructions, we<br />
need to posit an independent idiomatic<br />
construction<br />
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