Syntactic function nab.t:post-N

an abstract transitive noun in construction with a preceding nominal expression

One could evidently treat these cases as plain npost-N. But this category is a reminder that the transitivity of deverbal abstract nouns needs a more systematic exploration than it has received so far in TLS.

Abstract transitive action nouns with specified subject are common and need to be collected systematically.


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