holding managing hand looking semantic extensions hand hold include controlling managing influencing need many crosslinguistic examples sources possible words hold grasp hand extended appropriate morphology appropriate mean manage control influence deal example english hand handle noun verb german hand handel handlung handhaben etc give examples various synchronic diachronic territories grateful paul woods english department 205 morrill hall oklahoma state university stillwater ok 74078 usa tel 1 405 744 9474 fax 1 405 744 6326 email ncx rs ucc okstate edu