Comparative Concept: extroverted event (sem) / verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
extroverted event (sem) / verb (cxn)
Typ | meaning (def) construction (def) |
---|---|
Alias(se) | extroverted event/verb • extroverted |
Assoziiert | |
Spraakbanken | extroverted event (sem) / verb (cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
an event not normally performed on oneself or on each other; and a verb expressing such an event. Examples: seeing something vs. oneself, or loving someone vs. oneself (or even each other), are instances of extroverted events, and see and love are extroverted verbs. (Section 7.2)