One wonders whether another investigator approaching the task of interrelating transitive verbs would come up with a hierarchy bearing any resemblance to Burger's. There are instructions in the Introduction how to find the missing step, but these are impossible to follow. I have pointed out shortcomings of this book so that potential readers or buyers can have a good idea of what they are likely to encounter. Despite its imperfections, it is possible that various users will find this linguistic tool suited to their individual purposes. The book follows many transitive verbs with special cases.
Any first step is likely to be extremely imperfect, but it is necessary for others to build on.
This book is novel in other than linguistic matters. Nor do I recall such a high level of editorial concern about unauthorized copying of the book's contents.