verbal noun

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We will therefore call this the verbalnoun use.
The composite expression is not transitive, because the putative object (the noun or verbalnoun) is not affected by the verb.
We computed the mean proportion of verbalnoun constructions per condition for all five conditions (table 10).
A final comparison, though it does not involve a 'do' + verbalnoun construction, is the use of partitive object case-marking to mark imperfective aspect.
In one, proximate forces join more distant but still relatively proximate allies and joint attacks against distant entities (this space is built up by predicate "join" and verbalnoun "strike").
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