'V pron refl' - Construction 21
| Name: | the deceive oneself construction |
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| Description: | A person thinks things that are untrue but which are comforting. |
| Verbs: | congratulate, deceive, delude, fancy, flatter, fool, kid |
| Example: | He was probably deceiving himself. (BNC) |
| Membership: | cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter-actor; NP2: Emoter
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