'V at n' - Construction 8

Name: the shout at construction
Description: A person directs a sound towards something, indicating attitude.
Verbs: bark, bawl, bellow, cluck, coo, cuss, hiss, holler, hoot, jeer, laugh, preach, rage, rail, rant, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, snap, snarl, sneer, swear, whistle, yap, yell
Example: She had … thought her father would shout and roar at her… (BNC)
Membership: figurative contact; direction; sound
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Receiver
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