Give
Subtitle: A Cognitive Linguistic Study (Cognitive Linguistic Research)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: April 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783110148947
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Psycholinguistics; Semantics (meaning); Usage guides; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Comparative Grammar; Semantics; Language; Verb; Grammar; Generosity; Grammar, Comparative and gener; Grammar, Comparative and general; Syntax
First sentence: In referring to an act of giving, I will mean, in the typical case, an act whereby a person (the GIVER) passes with the hands control over an object (THING) to another person (the RECIPIENT).1