This article provides a critical assessment of previous claims that complement-taking mental
predicates (CTMPs) like I think, I suppose, etc. are instances of grammaticalization. In so …

This article offers a constructional approach to complement-taking mental predicates
(CTMPs), eg I think, accommodating a whole class of CTMP types (i think, i suppose, i …

In communication a major challenge for the speaker lies in transforming a message into an
essentially linear and time-bound text. To ensure ease of processing and production the …

This article focuses on the diachronic development of English turn out and Spanish resultar
'turn out'mirative constructions. Having undergone processes of semantic generalization …

This paper presents a contrastive study of on the one hand ('t) schijnt ('it seems'), a form of
the Dutch verb of appearance schijnen ('seem'), and on the other hand, a similar use of the …

Abstract Comparing ('t) schijnt to (zo) schijnt het (lit.'so seems it'), the parenthetical use of the
verb schijnen 'seem', we argue that ('t) schijnt is best analysed as an evidential particle …

Descriptive perception verbs have failed to receive a uniform analysis in previous verb
classifications (cf. Chomsky 1965, Rogers 1974, Hengeveld 1992, Levin 1993, Van Eynde et …