单词 | cognate object |
释义 | cognate objectnoun Grammar 1A direct object that has the same linguistic derivation as the verb which governs it, as in ‘sing a song’.However, in Chinese, not only can intransitives take cognate objects, transitives can also take cognate objects....
1.1A direct object that makes explicit a semantic concept that is already present in the semantics of the verb which governs it, as in ‘eat some food’.It's a sort of ‘cognate prepositional phrase’, like the cognate objects in ‘cost money’ or ‘owe money’. |
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