Topologische Eigenschaften der Funktionsverbgefüge im heutigen Deutsch
Studia Linguistica, 2023 Light verb constructions (German Funktionsverbgefüge = FVGs) are complex predicates consisting of a semantically light verb, which has lost its lexical meaning and just has a functional role, and a noun phrase (with or without preposition).
Ireneusz Gaworski
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The Endless Story of “Compound Verbs”: An Introduction to Conceptology and Terminology of Complex Verbs in Persian [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2021 Much of the literature about Persian ‘compound verbs’ has been concerned with their ‘true’ instances. About four centuries after identification of this construction, however, there is yet little agreement on any single definition or conception of it ...
Mojtaba Monshizadeh +2 more
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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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Correspondence or contrast between compound infinitives and missing light verb counterparts: An explanation in the Distributed Morphology framework [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی:The structural and semantic relationship between the compound infinitive and the corresponding simple counterpart missing light verb is one of the topics of interest in the field of grammar and syntax of the Persian language.
Claris Sarkissian +2 more
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Light Verb Constructions in Lithuanian: Identification and Classification
Studies About Languages, 2020 Light verb constructions (LVCs) are verb-noun constructions in which the noun carries the semantic meaning and the verb is semantically reduced, when compared with its main meaning, for example, atlikti analizę (‘to perform an analysis’). LVCs in Lithuanian have not been addressed much so far.
Kovalevskaitė, Jolanta +2 more
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The use of agarrar ‘grab, take’ verb constructions in Belizean Spanish
IsoglossThis exploratory study sheds new light on the use of two types of agarrar ‘grab, take’ verb constructions that remain virtually unexamined in studies of language contact between Spanish and English; namely, ‘agarrar + NP’ constructions and agarrar y ...
Osmer Balam, Daniel Ross, Ana Bravo
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Darnioji daugiakalbystėOver the past few decades, increasing attention has been devoted towards the study of formulaic language, both in Lithuania and abroad. It is assumed that stable word combinations, rather than single words, are preferred in speaking and translating ...
Serapinienė Gabija
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“Me likey!” A new (old) argument structure or a partially fixed expression with the verb like?
Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 2022 This paper explores the current use of the verb like in sequences such as “me likey”. This new use is practically limited to modern variant spellings (likey, likee, like-y and likie) and resembles the original (and now obsolete) impersonal structure of ...
Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras
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The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسیThis paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (LVCs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in Persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics.
Reza Soltani +2 more
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Funktionsverbgefüge - empirisch (am Beispiel von kommen)
Linguistik Online, 2006 In grammars and textbooks used to teach German as a foreign language, the chapters devoted to the "Funktionsverbgefüge" (light verb constructions) are based on data that are mainly obtained by introspection.
Alain Kamber
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