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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957841103321

Autore

Family Neiloufar

Titolo

Semantic spaces of Persian light verbs / / by Neiloufar Family

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2014]

ISBN

9789004274419

9004274413

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 pages)

Collana

Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

491/.5556

Soggetti

Persian language - Verb

Persian language - Compound words

Persian language - Semantics

Persian language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of the author's thesis (PhD)--École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, 2006.

"Originally wrote this work as a PhD dissertation in 2006, at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, funded by the École doctorale Cerveau-cognition-comportement (ed 3c)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Foundations -- 2 Light Verb Constructions in Persian -- 3 Clusters of Productivity in Six Frequent lvs -- 4 Clusters of Productivity in Eight More lvs -- 5 Alternating Clusters -- 6 Reflections on Semantic Spaces and Constructions -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Semantic Spaces of Persian Light Verbs , Neiloufar Family exposes the semantic organization of light verb constructions in Persian. By clustering constructions based on semantic properties, she provides an insightful and more global view of a system that has been notoriously difficult to classify. Using diagrams as visual aids, Neiloufar Family takes a novel, bottom-up approach to analysing the light verb system, starting from small sets of constructions and mapping out consistent patterns. Her analysis leads to a deeper understanding of the structure of semantic spaces within the verbal system in Persian, and other languages that use light verbs. This research provides a blueprint for understanding existing verbal constructions and productively creating new ones.