'V onto n' - Construction 4
| Name: | the move onto a topic construction |
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| Description: | A person starts to talk about a new topic. |
| Verbs: | come, get, move, get back |
| Example: | … she moved onto a more intimate subject: herself. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; communication |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer: NP2: Topic
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