'V -ing' - Construction 8
| Name: | the like doing construction |
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| Description: | A person has a positive or negative attitude towards a recurrent activity. |
| Verbs: | adore, appreciate, (cannot) bear, begrudge, detest, dislike, (cannot) endure, enjoy, hate, like, loathe, love, mind, prefer, relish, resent, (cannot) stand, (cannot) stomach, (not) tolerate |
| Example: | I like being with people… (BNC) |
| Membership: | cognition; attitudinal |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter; -ing clause: Phenomenon
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