Comparative Concept: pursuit verb (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
pursuit verb (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | pursuit verb |
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the verb expressing a pursuit event. Examples: pursuit events include following, chasing, searching for something, and waiting for someone/something; and follow, chase, search (for), and wait (for) are pursuit verbs. (Section 7.3.3)