'V way prep/adv' - Construction 19
| Name: | the smile your way through an event construction |
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| Description: | A person behaves in some way for the duration of an event. The NP following the preposition indicates the event. |
| Verbs: | blush, gasp, grin, pant, pout, puff, quake, shiver, shrug, shudder, sleep, smile, sulk, twitch, yawn |
| Example: | All I really wanted was to … sleep my way through life. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; through an event; by behaviour |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Behaver; NP2: Way; NP3: Situation
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