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Constructing a Lexicon of English Verbs

✍ Scribed by Pamela B. Faber, Ricardo Mairal Usón


Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
1999,2012
Tongue
English
Leaves
373
Series
Functional Grammar Series, 23
Edition
Reprint
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Gives an account of the English verbal lexicon which not only systematizes the meanings of lexemes within a hierarchical framework, but also demonstrates the principled connections between meaning and highlights the syntactic complementation patterns of verbs and the patterns of conceptualization in

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