Light Verbs : Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

• Autore: Riccio Anna
• Pubblicazione: Düsseldorf : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 pages)
• Disciplina: 415.6
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb; Verbe (Linguistique)
• Altri autori: FleischhauerJens
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction to the volume -- A corpus-based study of the English light verb constructions with give denoting bodily actions and physical interaction -- The GIVE group of the Mandarin light verbs -- Modification in give light verb constructions -- Light verb constructions with experiencer objects in Germanic and Romance -- A paradigm of psych-predicates -- Taking a closer look at light verb constructions in the history of American English -- Constructional semantics of Italian light verb constructions -- On the light verb construction in Japanese -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Light verbs are semantically reduced verbs that simultaneously exhibit a heavy verb usage. The papers collected in this volume examine light verbs from different perspectives in various languages, including several Romance and Germanic languages such as Italian, Spanish, Catalan, German, and English, as well as Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. The questions addressed in this volume include: What meaning does a light verb contribute to a light verb construction? What restrictions regarding nominal elements do light verbs exhibit? What influence do light verbs have on the argument structure of light verb constructions? The analyses draw on different frameworks, including Generative Syntax and Construction Grammar, and combine corpus linguistic investigations with theoretical modeling.
• Titolo autorizzato: Light Verbs
• ISBN: 3-11-138893-X; 3-11-138887-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996659455803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno