CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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Mass-NP Construction

Name Mass-NP Construction
Semantic function of cxn Referring to a ‘thing’ construed as ‘mass’.
Syntactic form Nsg
Example Let’s have a glass of wine.
Agreement singular verb
Construction family NP CONSTRUCTION
Literature Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch. 5)
Annotators/Date TRH/04/21F