CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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First-Name-NP Construction

Name First-Name-NP Construction
Semantic function of cxn Referring to a PERSON.
Usage conditions familiar relationship and/or informal situation
Syntactic form Nfirst name
Example Adele, Chuck
Agreement singular
General cxn-type NAME CONSTRUCTION
Construction family NP CONSTRUCTION
Literature Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch.5)
Annotators/Date TRH/04/21F