As an avid (ab)user of phrases-as-lemmata, I found this interesting.
Discovered through YouTube: Linguists just made a breakthrough in defining a 'word. ' No, really
The English phrase-as-lemma construction: When a phrase masquerades as a word, people play along
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/962899
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lvxferre@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 357d
Eccentric@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 357d
To me as a native speaker, 1c is ungrammatical. I do agree that 2a is surprisingly grammatical though.
I will say grammar is really not my strong suit (and I only had time to skim the paper) but I have a decent background in semantics. Maybe I've just been working a lot with euphemisms lately, but PALs almost seem to function like euphemisms?
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 357d