Comparative Concept: transfer verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
transfer verb (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | transfer verb |
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Definition
a verb that expresses a transfer event. Examples: giving and sending are physical transfer events (and give and send are transfer verbs), and showing and telling are 'mental transfer' events (and show and tell are 'mental transfer' verbs). (Section 7.5.1)