Representing thinking, perceiving, liking and desiring
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Participants associated with attitude verbs
Most verbs related to attitudes are typically used transitively
, so there are two participants .
One of these participants is typically human or in some way able to have an attitude (such
as liking or disliking); this participant can be referred to as the feeler. The
other participant is what causes the feeler to have the attitude; this participant can be
referred to as the stimulus:
You know, I like argumentative people. (Bank of English)
feeler stimulus
The stimulus can be an activity or situation, a thing (including people, as in the above example), or a fact. Here are some examples of each type:
| 1a. | activity or situation (involving one person) |
I don't like travelling on the MTR. (SCMP 19/4/94) |
| 1b. | activity or situation (involving two people) |
I resent you describing any of your products as "eco-perfect". Nothing is. (Bank of English) |
| 2. | thing |
I love this band, and I love the music, but I'm not
crazy enough to lose my head over it. (Microconcord Corpus A) |
| 3. | fact | We appreciate that this is not a happy situation and that it is an unusual situation. (SCMP 18/5/94) |
Introduction
Participants associated with attitude verbs
