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Publication details [#23170]
Wierbicka, Anna. 1982. Why can you `have a drink' when you can't *`have an eat'? Language 58 (4) : 753–799. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
An analysis of sentences of the type `have a V' in terms of a universal semantic metalanguage based on natural language. It appears that `have a V'-type sentences are governed by a set of precise semantic rules, specifiable in the metalanguage.