Comparative Concept: manipulative predicate (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
manipulative predicate (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
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| Alias(se) | manipulative predicate |
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the predicate expressing a manipulative event. Example: in Bruce convinced Greg to take him to San Rafael, convinced denotes a manipulative event. Manipulative complement clause constructions overlap with causative constructions. (Section 18.2.2)