Conceptualizing humans as animals in English verb particle constructions
Author/s Klaus-Uwe Panther Nanjing Normal University, China, and University of Hamburg, Germany Linda L. Thornburg Nanjing Normal University, China ABSTRACT Verb particle constructions with animal names used as verbs ('VPrt critter constructions'), such as horse around, clam up, and rat...
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