Conceptualising Transitivity Networks Through Pattern Based Constructions

Pattern: V as n

The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.

To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:

Examples
He…finally qualified as an electrician in his own right. (BNC) …he sits in the Galleria at Milan, masquerading as the composer himself. (BNC) …the dispute which began as a strike in protest over lay-offs. (BNC) …the women artists and writers, the politicians and trades unionists, the women who came out as lesbians, and before them the witches and the suffragettes. (BNC) …money can function as a medium of exchange… (BNC)

Examples

He…finally qualified as an electrician in his own right. (BNC)
…he sits in the Galleria at Milan, masquerading as the composer himself. (BNC)
…the dispute which began as a strike in protest over lay-offs. (BNC)
…the women artists and writers, the politicians and trades unionists, the women who came out as lesbians, and before them the witches and the suffragettes. (BNC)
…money can function as a medium of exchange… (BNC)

Constructions
1. the begin as something construction	2. the end as something construction	3. the continue as something construction	4. the come across as a category construction	5. the function as a role construction	6. the qualify as a role construction	7. the masquerade as a false identity construction	8. the come out as an identity construction

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