| Name | AT-SUPERLATIVE OBJECT / OBJOID CONSTRUCTION (SOC) (Object/Objoid: PP) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | AFFECTOR is in one’s best state or condition. | ||
| Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument |
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | MANNER_SUPERLATIVE | |
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | |
| CASA | potential subject | prepositional object/at-objoid | |
| traditional | potential subject | adverbial | |
| Syntactic form | NPi | V | At-NP -> POSSi A-est ∅ |
| Example | (1) At night, the white garden was at its best, …(COHA) (2) This piece … works at its best at sunrise and sunset. (COHA) (3) They look at their best now .... (COHA) (4) … she … performed at her best under such circumstances. (COHA) (5) … you’re playing at your best … (COHA) | Collo-profile | |
| Sources for collo-profile | Bouso and Hundt (2023); results of simple collexeme analysis for the recent history of the SOC; based on COHA (sub-period 1930s-2010s). | ||
| Cxn with same formal pattern |
Prepositional Phrase (PP) Construction
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| General cxn-type | Active-2-Argument-Structure Construction | ||
| Construction family | Objoid Constructions Bare Superlative Object/Objoid Construction | ||
| Literature | Bouso (2021, 2024), Bouso and Hundt (2023), Bouso, Hundt and Van Driessche (2024) | ||
| Annotators/Date | Tamara Bouso and Marianne Hundt 09/2024 | ||