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Neophilologica, 2022 The paper proposes a formal definition of support verb as (roughly) a semantically empty verb serving as a syntactic “prop” to a predicative noun such that the phrase V(support)(N) + N is synonymous with the verb V0 derived form N: ‘V(support)(N) + N’ =
Igor Mel'čuk
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Assigning meaning to light verbs in Turkish
Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2022 Light verb constructions (e.g., give a kiss to somebody) syntactically reflect typical ditransitive structures (e.g., give a violin to somebody) yet it is not clear whether these two structures thematically similar as well.
Duygu ÖZGE +2 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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The Polysemic Study of the Light Verb "dɑdæn" (to give) from Frame Semantics and Construction Morphology Perspective [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2023 In this research, semantic frames and construction schemes of compound verbs with "dɑdæn" (to give) light verb has been studied to consider their polysemy. The data includes 382 compound verbs with "dɑdæn" as a light verb, collected from the sources such
Parya Razmdideh +1 more
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Le paradoxe des verbes supports
Neophilologica, 2022 Light verbs are generally considered on semantic grounds: Light verbs are contrasted with predicative verbs because the former lack argument structure.
Marco Fasciolo
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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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Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2020 The paper deals with Italian helping verbs (modal, aspectual, causative verbs) and light verbs which form complex predicates and with the rules that guide its use in Italian descriptive grammars published in Italy between 1953 and 2005. The author shows
Anna Godzich
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2021 This article deals with the lexical-semantic group of verbs that denote light in Russian and French. The authors compared their lexical-semantic classifications, characteristics, and grammatical parameters.
Zh. Yu. Polezhaeva, T. G. Pismak
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Cross-linguistic features of light verb constructions (LVCs) profile a major facet of the typological difference between Chinese and English. By adopting a theory-driven, context-based interpreting task, this study explores the effectiveness and ...
Di Wang, Guiying Jiang, Yufan Zheng
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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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