Comparative Concept: emotion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
emotion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
| Typ | meaning (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | emotion event/verb • emotion |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | emotion event (sem) / verb (cxn) |
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Definition
an experiential event involving an experiencer's emotions directed toward a stimulus; and a verb that expresses such an event. Example: He fears dogs is an example of an emotion event, and fear is the emotion verb. (Section 7.4)