| Name | HIM-Definite-Reference-NP Construction |
|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | Referring to a male person (or, with a certain emotional connotation, a higher animal; also the sun). |
| Usage conditions | – PERSON must be identifiable from linguistic or extralinguistic context; – not in SUBJ-slot of constructions with Vfin |
| Syntactic form | him |
| Related forms | he his |
| General cxn-type | DEFINITE-REFERENCE-NP CONSTRUCTION PERSONAL-PRONOUN CONSTRUCTION |
| Construction family | NP CONSTRUCTION |
| Specification | 3rd person sg |
| Literature | Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch. 5) |
| Annotators/Date | TRH/04/21F |