Comparative Concept: reciprocal construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
reciprocal construction (cxn)
Typ | construction |
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Alias(se) | reciprocal construction |
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the construction expressing such a reciprocal event. Example: in Mary and Sue praised each other, Mary praises Sue and Sue praises Mary. (Section 7.2)