Distinct from nominal metaphors, predicate metaphors entail metaphorical abstraction from concrete verbs, which generally involve more action and stronger motor simulation than nouns. It remains ...

Let's not forget the power of the complete sentence and the humble predicate verb — the "motor" of a good sentence An analysis out of Washington suggests that some top military brass have had it with ...

1 Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Public Health, Temple University, United States Introduction. Many studies have focused on ...

As a teacher, identifying parts of speech can seem like a daunting task. Yet, teaching or reviewing the concept of linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns is important in order to ...

We report a study that explored the mechanisms used in hypothesizing meanings for novel motion predicates (verbs and prepositions) cross-linguistically. Motion stimuli were presented to English- and ...

ABSTRACT: The construction “N1 you V guo N2” pervasively visible in China has demonstrated its typical cog-pragmatic features. It is pointed out that “you” and “guo” in this construction are the ...