CASA|Con The CASA-ConstructiCon of the English Language


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Name About-REFERENCE-AREA Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR performs an action with respect to a REFERENT.
Slots 1 (argument) 2 (verb) 3 (argument)
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR REFERENT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPabout
Example We worry about global warming, the vanishing ozone layer, ….COCA-1991-NEWS