TAKE_DEVERBAL TAKE + deverbal noun
Definition
Light verb construction: take a look, take a step, take a break
Detection Rules
bohmann_2019
regex\b(take|takes|took|taken|taking) (a|an) (look|step|break|breath|chance|drive|glance|guess|nap|peek|risk|seat|shower|sip|stand|stroll|turn|walk)\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