In:English Resultatives: A force-recipient account
Seizi Iwata
[Constructional Approaches to Language 26] 2020
► pp. 171–187
Chapter 8He laughed himself silly
Published online: 23 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.26.c8
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.26.c8
Article outline
- 8.0Introduction
- 8.1‘V oneself silly’
- 8.1.1Jackendoff (1997)
- 8.1.2What does it mean to become “silly” as a result of laughing?
- 8.1.3Short-lived result state
- 8.1.4Other instances of ‘V oneself silly’
- 8.2‘V oneself stupid’
- 8.3‘V oneself sick’
- 8.4Summary
- 8.5Conclusion
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