'V about n' - Construction 14

Name: the know about construction
Description: A person has, gains, or loses knowledge about something.
Verbs: know; find out, hear, learn; forget
Example: …he knew about different kinds of foods. (BNC)
Membership: cognition; without affect; individual; knowledge
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2: Phenomenon-Topic
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