Comparative Concept: introverted verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
introverted verb (cxn)
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Alias(se) | introverted verb |
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a verb expressing an introverted event. Examples: shaving oneself vs. shaving someone else, laying down vs. laying someone else down, or quarreling (with each other) are instances of introverted events, and shave, lay (down), and quarrel are introverted verbs. (Section 7.2)