'V n as n' - Construction 1
| Name: | the perceive something as construction |
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| Description: | A person thinks that someone or something has a specific quality or role. |
| Verbs: | accept, class, conceive, conceptualise, consider, construe, count, fancy, interpret, know, perceive, rate, recognise, regard, remember, see, view, visualise |
| Example: | They're used to perceiving old Ted as a loser. (BNC) |
| Membership: | cognition; perceiver as subject |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2 + NP3: Phenomenon
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2: Carrier; NP3: Attribute |