Cognate object

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In linguistics, a cognitive object (or cognate accusative ) is a verb object that is etymologically related to a verb. More specifically, the verb is one that is usually intransitive (lacking any object), and the cognitive object is a verb noun form. For example, in the sentence He sleeps with a troubled sleep , sleep is the cognitive object of the verb asleep . Objects that are realized exist in many languages, including unrelated languages; for example, they are in Arabic, Chichewa, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Korean, Latin, and Russian.

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Example

In English, construction can occur with a number of intransitive verbs, which then become transitive:

• He sleeps with a troubled sleeper. (He sleeps, and his sleep is interrupted.)
• He laughed out loud. (He laughs bitterly.)
• She dreams of strange dreams. (He's dreaming, and his dreams are weird.)

(That seems to be the only example that has a more natural sounding voice that will be used in everyday conversation: "He's weird dreaming." )

• She walks and talks. (He walks and talks like they do.)
• She smiles with a charming smile. (She smiles, and her smile is captivating.)
• She is dancing a cheerful dance. (She dances, and her dance is cheerful.)
• He died with a painful death. (He died painfully.)

In some of these cases, the cognate object allows for simpler construction. On the other hand, it may be chosen for idiomatic or rhetorical reasons. In general, the cognitive object modifier is in the sense of modifying the verb: for example, He sleeps with a troubled sleep tells how he sleeps. Semantically, many of these verbs exhibit nonverbal expression modes (laughs, smiles) and actions or body movements (dancing, walking, sleeping), especially including what Levin calls "waltz verbs," unrelated (identical) name of the dance.

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See also

• Pleonasme (use more words than is needed to express ideas)
• Polyptoton (style scheme where words are from the same root are repeated)

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References

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