'V wh' - Construction 7
| Name: | the doubt whether something is the case construction |
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| Description: | A person has a level of negative certainty about a situation. |
| Verbs: | cannot believe, cannot conceive, doubt, cannot fathom, forget |
| Example: | Norman doubted whether he would find his way. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Cognition; actual situation |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Cognizer; wh-clause: Phenomenon
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