Verbs in new complementation classes

[m_gyongyi]

Dear all,

I am a 5th year university student to graduate in January.
I need help for my thesis in the field of Multiple class verbs. If you can please tell me examples for verbs which are being used in new complementation classes recently. It is a very difficult subject and there is not much material available in Hungary...
So I hope some native speakers can help me :-)


Thanks a lot for your help, regards


Meszlényi Gyöngyi

[irish223]

Multiple class verbs.

??


used in new complementation classes recently.

I honestly have no idea what this means.

Are you referring to verbs that take on new life as slang?

[m_gyongyi]

Slang is great, but any other source, literature, IT, or other genres would be great.
So I mean verbs which were e.g. originally intransitive and now are used as transitive verbs as well in certain cases...

[irish223]

Is this what you mean?

The electrician wired the lamp.
He is wired! (meaning he is anxious or excited)

or

The cook fried an egg.
His brain is fried. (meaning he has taken too many illegal drugs)

[m_gyongyi]

Oh, yes!!! :)
These are (and the sorts of) what I need!

The more examples I get, the best (for me!!!)...

[irish223]

Oh, yes!!! :)
These are (and the sorts of) what I need!

The more examples I get, the best (for me!!!)...

Okay, I'll add them as I think of them.

He crashed his car into the wall.
The computer crashed. (went 'dead')

I cleaned up my room today.
I cleaned up in the poker game. (won the most money)

FYI -- We would usually say:
The more examples I get, the better (for me!!!)

ps--you clearly know more about English grammar than I do!

[irish223]

He tied his shoes.
In today's game, the boys tied for first. (both boys won)

[irish223]

For any other native English speakers who are as ignorant as I am about transitive and intransitive verbs, here is what I googled:


The meaning of a transitive verb is incomplete without a direct object. An intransitive verb, on the other hand, cannot take a direct object.

[irish223]

I washed the dishes.
I'm washed up. (my career is over)

[irish223]

I will hang the laundry on the line.
He will hang with us. (stay with us, go with us)

[irish223]

Let's chill the wine in the refrigerator.
You need to chill! (relax, calm down)

[irish223]

I cut the fabric with scissors.
The boy was cut from the team.

I realized that some of these can be either transitive or intransitive, depending on how the sentence is written. If I write "They cut the boy from the team" it becomes transitive. Is this still useful to you?

Also, most of these examples are not really recent, but are much newer than the original use of the verb. If these are not helpful, let me know.:)

[m_gyongyi]

Thanks a lot, these are all great!
These transitive / intransitive verbs are really good!!

I'll add you to my thesis' source section... :)


Sorry for that best / better mix up, I know it, just I was so happy to have found someone who understands what I am looking for :). So I was a bit ignorant... :(