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This article explores the semantic changes of lexical verbs, particularly focusing on the emergence of success verbs in Indo-European languages through metaphorical extensions. It identifies six conceptual metaphors, including the prominent SUCCESS IS MOTION FORWARD, and discusses their co-occurrence with non-canonical subject marking and specific predicate structures. The authors aim to contribute to the understanding of historical semantics by analyzing these developments and proposing reconstructions for

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Jacob Boelman

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