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Contents
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Previous analyses
3. Theoretical assumptions
4. The varying syntactic characteristics of cognate objects
4.1. The modification of COs
4.2. it-Pronominalization
4.3. Passivization
4.4. Summary
5. Which verbs can take cognate objects and which verbs cannot
5.1. Three parameters
5.1.1. The force of energy of the subject
5.1.2. A change of state of the subject
5.1.3. The objectivity of the cognate noun
5.2. A classification of unergative verbs on the basis of the parameters
5.3. Unaccusative verbs that can appear in COCs
5.4. Unaccusative verbs that cannot appear in COCs
5.5. The association between verbs and construction
6. A cognitive account of the syntactic properties of COs
6.1. The modification of COs
6.2. it-Pronominalization
6.3. Passivization
6.4. Summary
7. Conclusion
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