Chapter 6. He fought his way through the crowd

Chapter 6
He fought his way through the crowd

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Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Where the motion semantics comes from
- 2.1Parallel with manner-of-motion verbs
- 2.2How to analyze manner-of-motion verbs?
- 2.3Motion semantics as contributed by a phrasal construction
- 2.4Interim summary
3.Still another pattern
- 3.1A single action reading once again
- 3.2A look at be able to
  - 3.2.1Actuality entailment
  - 3.2.2Leclercq & Depraetere (2021)
4.A force-dynamic account
- 4.1The distinction between ‘ability’ and ‘opportunity’
  in force-dynamic terms
- 4.2When enabling becomes enabling-causative
- 4.3‘Disjoint reference’ cases once again
- 4.4They fought their way clear onto the plains
5.Summary and conclusion
Notes