scholarly journals Tibetan Trisyllabic Light Verb Construction Recognition

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weina Zhao ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Huidan Liu ◽  
Jian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Light Verb ◽  
Light Verb Construction

A Cognitive Approach to Light Verb Constructions: Backstage Issues

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Babak Sharif ◽  
Mohammad Amouzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Complex Predicate ◽  
Light Verb Constructions ◽  
Light Verb ◽  
Verb Constructions ◽  
Light Verb Construction

<p>Persian Light Verb Constructions (LVCs) have been studied by many scholars. Yet, little attention has been paid to the process of LVC formation. This paper aims to situate the components of Persian light verb constructions in contexts that can be justifiably invoked as a motivation for LVC formation. We will investigate the issue by arguing that Persian LVCs can be analyzed in terms of incorporation process. This process, explained from a cognitive viewpoint, involves LVCs originating from complete clauses, then passing through a <em>compositional path</em> (Langacker 1987, 2008) where a nonverbal and a verbal element are selected out of a kernel clause and end up in a complex predicate (CPr). The investigation will be primarily focused on the LVCs constructed with<em> </em>LV<em> kardan </em>‘do, make’, as the most frequently used light verb in Persian. The paper will also explore how different paths could be associated with certain particular ‘light’ meanings of<em> kardan. </em>The resulting LVCs may further yield <em>constructional schemas</em> upon which other LVCs formed with a given LV can be formed.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Light verb construction, Complex predicate, Incorporation, Persian</p>

Extraction from make the claim constructions

1998 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATE KEARNS
Keyword(s):  
Complex Predicate ◽  
Light Verb ◽  
Light Verb Construction ◽  
Syntactic Properties ◽  
Alternative Structure

The sequence make the claim that S has certain syntactic properties which indicate the presence of some sort of complex predicate, previously suggested to be a Light Verb Construction (LVC) or a reanalysis of N and V to a complex V. I consider and reject both these proposals, and propose an alternative structure which is still a type of complex predicate. Adopting the Locality framework of Manzini (1992, 1994), I show that a syntactic account of extractions from make the claim follows straightforwardly. I also show that extraction from make the claim is distinct from extraction from indefinites.

scholarly journals Mixed categories and argument transfer in Korean light verb constructions

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Incheol Choi ◽  
Stephen Wechsler
Keyword(s):  
External Argument ◽  
Verbal Noun ◽  
Complex Predicate ◽  
Light Verb Constructions ◽  
Light Verb ◽  
Linguistic Evidence ◽  
Light Verb Construction ◽  
Mixed Categories ◽  
Adverbial Clauses ◽  
The Right

The Korean Light Verb Construction (LVC) contains a Sino-Korean main predicate (tayhwa-lul), a Light Verb (ha-ta), and semantic arguments of the main predicate (John-i, Tom-kwa):           John-i        Tom-kwa tayhwa-lul  ha-yess-ta.          John-Nom Tom-with talk-Acc     do-Pst-Dc                         'John talked with Tom.' We defend a three-part analysis:  (i) The subject of the main predicate is thematically controlled by the LV's subject.  Evidence: Korean verbs assigning Accusative take an external argument (Wechsler/Lee 1996; Burzio's Generalization).  Since the main predicate is Accusative, ha-ta must theta-mark its subject.  Moreover ha-ta selects a non-stative Verbal Noun (VN) (cp. *kyumson-ul ha-ta 'humble-Acc do-Dc'); non-stative theta-structures typically take an external argument (Kang 1986). This control arises through complex predicate formation.  (ii) Oblique arguments (PPs) are optionally transferred (cp. Grimshaw/Mester 1988) — but Accusative NPs are not.  Evidence comes from relativization and pronoun replacement.  (iii) Accusative is assigned by a mixed category Verbal Noun.  This can be supported by adverbial clauses with VN's assigning Accusative without LV's.  We review cross-linguistic evidence for both argument transfer (German; Hinrichs & Nakazawa; i.a.) and mixed categories (many languages, Malouf; i.a.) and show that Korean LVCs provide the right environment for both to occur.

The development of the causative construction in Persian child language

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1337-1378
Author(s):  
NEILOUFAR FAMILY ◽  
SHANLEY E. M. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Verb Learning ◽  
Light Verb ◽  
Light Verb Construction ◽  
Child Speech ◽  
Causative Construction

AbstractThe acquisition of systematic patterns and exceptions in different languages can be readily examined using the causative construction. Persian allows four types of causative structures, including one productive multiword structure (i.e. the light verb construction). In this study, we examine the development of all four structures in Persian child speech between the ages of 1;11 and 6;7, in correspondence with their caregivers’ speech. We define developmental stages based on dendrograms derived from variability clustering (Gries & Stoll, 2009). These stages are further substantiated by qualitative data, including overgeneralization errors and alternating structures. We find that Persian-speaking children learn to exploit two (i.e. lexical and light verb construction causatives) of the four constructions. They go from relying on lexical causatives to forming progressively constrained templates for the more complex light verb construction. This first study of the development of Persian causatives supports a usage-based account of verb-by-verb learning in child language development.

scholarly journals Building verbs in language mixing varieties

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Artemis Alexiadou
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Morphology ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
Light Verb ◽  
Language Mixing ◽  
Light Verb Construction ◽  
Minimalist Syntax

AbstractThis paper discusses two patterns of language mixing involving verbal predicates produced by bilingual speakers, the so-called light verb construction and the so-called affixal pattern. The empirical focus of the study is on Greek-German and Cypriot Greek-English varieties, which are contrasted to the Spanish-German variety discussed in González-Vilbazo and López (2011). An analysis of the constructions is offered using the tools of Distributed Morphology and Minimalist Syntax. The paper shows that bilingual speakers have very detailed knowledge of fine properties of their two linguistic systems that become apparent in the context of building verbs.

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