Comparative Concept: bodily motion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
bodily motion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
| Typ | meaning (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | bodily motion event/verb • bodily motion |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | bodily motion event (sem) / verb (cxn) |
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Definition
a monovalent event involving an internal bodily motion; and the verb expressing that event. Example: stretch out (oneself) expresses a bodily motion event. (Section 7.2)