HAVE_DEVERBAL HAVE + deverbal noun

Definition

Light verb construction: have a look, have a go, have a try

Detection Rules

regex\b(have|has|had|having) (a|an) (look|go|try|chat|drink|rest|swim|walk|talk|think|wash|bite|feel|guess|laugh|listen|read|ride|run|say|shot|shower|sit|sleep|smell|smoke|snack|taste|word)\b

Normalization

Per words

Sources

• bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
• collins_2015 — Collins, Peter (2015) : Grammatical Variation in English Worldwide
• leech_2009 — Leech, Geoffrey; Hundt, Marianne; Mair, Christian; Smith, Nicholas (2009) : Change in Contemporary English — A Grammatical Study