Comparative Concept: ingestion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
ingestion event (sem) / verb (cxn)
| Typ | meaning (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | ingestion event/verb • ingestion |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | ingestion event (sem) / verb (cxn) |
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Definition
an event which describes the ingestion of food or drink by a person or animal, causing the food to disappear but also causing a change in the physiological state of the person/animal; and a verb that expresses such an event. Example: Elena ate a lot of veggie chips is an instance of an ingestion event, and eat is an ingestion verb. (Section 7.4)