'V at n' - Construction 8
| Name: | the shout at construction |
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| 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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