Translations of 'ergative' verbs
Translations of 'ergative' verbs
Translations of 'ergative' verbs
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Ergative verb øker!<br />
• Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 288): “the coming <strong>of</strong> this<br />
pattern [the ergative] to predominance in the system <strong>of</strong><br />
modern English is one <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> related developments<br />
that have been taking place in the language over the past<br />
500 years or more, together amounting to a far-reaching<br />
and complex process <strong>of</strong> semantic change”.<br />
The nail tears the cloth. The cloth tears.<br />
• Typisk kontekst for forandring: fagspråk og hverdagspråk<br />
• (Hundt, 2007)<br />
Ergative verb på engelsk: Ordbøker fra Cobuild
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