Direction verb

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Directional verbs (also: locative verbs ) form a special semantic class of the part of speech Verb . Directional verbs are derived from nouns and describe spatial movement.

Grammaticalization: {(addition of direction) + verb}

Examples

  • (on) shoulders = take on the shoulder
  • visit
  • basement
  • canonize
  • present
  • rope up
  • to save
  • bury

swell

See also