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Holism effect: when the affected entity sits in subject position, creates the same effect as direct-objecthood: Juice dripped from the apple and The apple was dripping with juice (holism effect), and X removed peel from the apple and X peeled the apple (holism effect)
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The holism effect invites a metaphorical construal of a changing entity as a moving entity (through state space)
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Verbs only alternate content- and container-locative constructions if they refer both to motion and change of state (e.g., load: to load the truck with hay, to load hay into the truck; contrast fill and pour); whether the motion is caused or let happen also matters (compare: to smear and to drip).
— Aug 22, 2026 02:48AM