The Definition and Hierarchies of English Cognate Object Construction
As a marked construction,the Cognate Object Construction(COC)still suffers from fuzzy definition and unclear syntactic status.Having reviewed previous research,this paper redefines COC by nominalization.Based on usage-based model and type/token frequency from large corpus,COC is syntactically categorized into eight types.Additionally,there exists a hierarchy that is monotransitive,ditransitive,COC,and intransitive.Different constructions exhibit connections and distinctions.The connections are concerned with form and mean-ing.This paper offers valuable insights for further comparative studies and the formation of constructional net-work.
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