Comparative Concept: introverted event (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
introverted event (sem)
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Alias(se) | introverted event |
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an event typically performed on oneself or by oneself, but that could be performed on someone else. Examples: shaving oneself vs. shaving someone else, laying down vs. laying someone else down, or quarreling (with each other) are instances of introverted events. (Section 7.2)