Comparative Concept: verbal clause (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
verbal clause (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | verbal clause |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | verbal clause (cxn) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a clause whose head denotes an action concept. Example: She popped the balloon is a verbal clause; the head popped denotes an action concept. A verbal clause is the prototypical clause, and its head is a verb. (Section 2.2.3)