'V about n' - Construction 7
| Name: | the talk about construction |
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| Description: | A person talks in a specific way about a topic. |
| Verbs: | chat, chatter, discourse, joke, rap, sing, speak, testify, talk, whisper, write |
| Example: | The friends joked about the amount of luggage Julie wanted to take. (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; unilateral; without affect |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Topic
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