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Light verbs are semantically reduced verbs that simultaneously exhibit a heavy verb usage. The papers in this volume examine light verbs from different perspectives in various languages and address questions such as: What meaning does a light verb contribute to a light verb construction?
Riccio, Anna, Helfer-Fleischhauer, Jens
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The paradox of light verbs [PDF]
, 2022 Light verbs are generally considered on semantic grounds: Light verbs are contrasted with predicative verbs because the former lack argument structure. In this paper, I argue that light verbs should rather be considered on syntactic grounds, i.e., in terms of the structure of the sentence.
Fasciolo, Marco
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Light Verbs and Grammaticalization. Evidence From the Catalan Light Verb “Agafar”
Catalan Journal of LinguisticsDetermining the linguistic nature of light verbs – whether they are lexical or grammatical units – is still an open question. Light verbs are often characterised as delexicalized.
Jordi Ginebra
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Processing ergativity in compound light verb constructions: electrophysiological evidence from Hindi [PDF]
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceIntroductionErgativity marks subject arguments as agents of a transitive event and thereby signals verbal transitivity and influences language comprehension.MethodWe report here on an event-related brain potentials (ERP) study in Hindi, in which we ...
Anna Merin Mathew +4 more
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Structure Influences Case Processing: Electrophysiological Insights from Hindi Light Verb Constructions [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground: Case marking serves as a crucial cue in sentence processing, enabling the prediction of upcoming arguments, thematic roles, and event structure.
Anna Merin Mathew +3 more
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Argument structure: English verbs of suiting
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 1995 Intermediate to advanced students of English grammar are often confronted with grammatical paradoxes for which traditional grammar can only offer a descriptive solution. One such paradox is illustrated by the so-called verbs of suiting.
Cortés, Corinne
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The event structure of light verbs
, 2023 127 pages ; This dissertation systematically investigates how light verbs contribute to eventstructure across three, typologically different languages: English, Hindi-Urdu, and Korean. I first show that light verbs across the three languages vary in their structural position and function.
Sobolak, Frances
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Reconstruction of the Proto-Berber Light Verbs [PDF]
Études et Documents BerbèresThe reconstruction of the Proto-Berber light verbs (i.e. CCC, *ălməd ‘to learn’, VCC, *agəm ‘to draw water’, CC *ăǵən ‘to lie down’ and C̄C: *ăffəɣ ‘to go out’), has received considerable attention in Berber historical linguistics. But, verbs that have u in the second syllable such as Ghadamsi əmdu ‘to finish’ and əṭkur ‘to fill’ require further study.
Putten, M. van
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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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Semi-Lexical Heads in Czech Modal Structures [PDF]
, 2008 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis argues for a semi-lexical interpretation of Czech modal verbs. It demonstrates that Czech modals participate
Kyncl, Jaroslav
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