Comparative Concept: predicate adjectival construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
predicate adjectival construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | predicate adjectival construction • predicate adjectival • property predication construction • property predication |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | predicate adjectival construction (cxn) |
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Definition
a clause construction defined by the function of predicating a property concept of a referent – that is, asserting that a property applies to the referent. Example: Sarah is intelligent is an example of an English predicate adjectival construction: it predicates intelligence of Sarah. (Sections 1.5, 2.2.5, 10.3)