'V n to n' - Construction 30
| Name: | the prefer one thing to another construction |
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| Description: | A person thinks of one thing as of higher value than another. |
| Verbs: | prefer, subjugate, subordinate |
| Example: | ...whether they would prefer an electronic journal to a hard copy journal... (enTenen20) |
| Membership: | cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2 + NP3: Phenomenon.
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