'V way prep/adv' - Construction 17
| Name: | the drone your way through an event construction |
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| Description: | A person talks or sings in a particular way for the duration of an event consisting of talking or singing. The NP following the preposition indicates the event. |
| Verbs: | ad-lib, babble, curse, drawl, drone, enunciate, jam, lisp, ramble, rap, sing, slur, snap, stammer, whinge, whisper, wisecrack |
| Example: | Roy Ham ... sings his way through an interview. (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; through an event; by talking |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Way; NP3: Situation
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