Chapter 18. Modifiers of way

Chapter 18
Modifiers of way

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Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Previous accounts
- 2.1Jackendoff (1990)
- 2.2Goldberg (1995)
3.Corpus data
- 3.1Types of verbs
- 3.2The range of modifiers
4.Why the adjective functions like manner adverbs
5.Why way may be interpreted to mean a physical path
- 5.1A possibility to make sense of the observed data
- 5.2Problems with the “way as expressing a physical path” thesis
- 5.3A super-imposition account
6.V one’s own way
7.Still further issues
- 7.1Wander their separate ways through Seaton Park
- 7.2Make the best of one’s way
- 7.3Pay one’s way once again
8.Conclusion
Notes