'V n n' - Construction 12
| Name: | the call someone something construction |
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| Description: | A person verbally assigns something to a category. |
| Verbs: | acclaim, brand, call, christen, code-name, declare, designate, dub, hail, label, misname, name, nickname, proclaim, pronounce, rate, rename, rule, tag, term, title |
| Example: | I'd have called him a mother's boy. (BNC) |
| Membership: | categorise; communication |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2+NP3: Message
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Carrier; NP3: Attribute |