A psychological predicate involves a psychological state that a participant experiences. Both transitive and intransitive psychological predicates exist in TİD. In one type of transitive psychological predicate, the grammatical subject is the experiencer, while the grammatical object is the causer of the experience. Such verbs are called Experiencer Subject verbs. hate is an example. As for the other type of psychological predicate, the grammatical object is the experiencer of the state, while the grammatical subject is the causer. Such verbs are called Experiencer Object verbs. irritate is such a verb.
before ix1 friend talk.recıp. ıx1 thınk_well. later, ıx3 ıx1 ırrıtate. ıx1 now 1hate3.
‘Beforehand I and my friend went along. Later, s/he irritated me. I hate him/her now.’
(http://tidsozluk.net/en/Nefret%20etmek?d=1051)
Some other subject experiencer predicates are:
fear
like
enjoy
admire
be_crazy_about is a transitive psychological verb in TİD. It takes a clausal complement.
ix1 magazine newspaper etc like^not. ix1 book read be_crazy_about.
‘I don’t like magazines or newspapers etc. I am crazy about reading books.’
(http://tidsozluk.net/tr/Hasta?d=0054)
get_bored is a psychological unaccusative predicate in TİD. The subject of the intransitive clause expresses the experiencer of a psychological state.
man get_bored
‘The man is getting bored.’
(Gökgöz in progress )
Some other intransitive psychological predicates are the following:
feel_anxious
be_pleased
be_fed_up_with
get_astonished