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Optional valency complementations in Czech light verb constructions [PDF]
Linguistica Pragensia, 2021 This paper addresses Czech light verb constructions, partly revising principles of their syntactic structure formation formulated within the Functional Generative Description.
Václava Kettnerová
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Functions of Language, 2020 AbstractLight Verb Constructions (LVCs) have received widespread attention. Research on these constructions, however, has for the most part focused exclusively on their syntactic and lexical-semantic properties. Additionally, studies devoted to specific LVCs tend to neglect the phrasal-semantic and pragmatic variation brought about by the combination ...
Elena Martínez Caro, Jorge Arús-Hita
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A corpus-based analysis of light verb constructions with MAKE and DO in British English
KalbotyraThe comparison of light verb constructions with the verbs make and do has not received much attention. The present paper is an attempt to contribute to the study of these constructions.
Judita Giparaitė
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Investigating Thematic Roles through Implicit Learning: Evidence from Light Verb Constructions. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2017 The syntactic structure of a sentence is usually a strong predictor of its meaning: Each argument noun phrase (i.e., Subject and Object) should map onto exactly one thematic role (i.e., Agent and Patient, respectively).
Wittenberg E, Khan M, Snedeker J.
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Investigating the Evolution and Frequency of Persian Light Verbs Dâštan (Have), Amadan (Come), Avardan (Bring), Gereftan (Get), and Didan (See) from 1840 to 1940 [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2020 Persian light verbs have changed in terms of frequency of use in the course of time. The study of frequency changes of various common light verbs in the long history of Persian language seems reasonable, but the study of light verbs in the course of a ...
Bahador Zafarabadi, Jalal Rahemeyan
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Deverbální jmenné predikáty v konstrukcích se slovesem dělat v češtině z mezijazykové perspektivy [PDF]
Časopis pro Moderní Filologii, 2023 This study introduces a cross-linguistic investigation of Do-constructions in Chinese, Russian and Czech, focusing especially on Do-construction strategies in Czech.
Melissa Shih-hui Lin +3 more
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MORPHOSEMANTIC FEATURES OF MEMBUAT ‘MAKE’ IN THE LIGHT VERB CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDONESIAN
LiNGUA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra, 2023 Light verb constructions (LVCs) are combinations of a verb and a noun that operate as a referee for a distinctive idiomatic-like meaning in which the noun is the central focus of meaning deduction.
Danang Satria Nugraha
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Journal of Language Contact, 2022 Bilingual speakers of typologically closely related languages tend to frequently experience language transfer, which suggests that similarity between languages is likely to play an important role in the transfer process.
M. Barking, A. Backus, Maria Mos
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Revista Amazonía investiga, 2022 The article discusses the problem of light verb constructions in contemporary English on the basis of novels ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ by J.K. Rowling.
A. Tron +3 more
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Using Corpus Pattern Analysis (CPA) To Recognize Meanings of Zadan [PDF]
زبان پژوهی, 2022 With the advent of huge corpora in recent decades, there has appeared a tendency among researchers to utilize them in lexicography. According to Miller (2018), a major issue involved in Persian lexicography is the presence of light verbs.
Gholamhossein Karimi Doostan +1 more
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