Light Verb Constructions as Complex Verbs by Anna Pompei
The notion of light verb constructions has been traditionally related to the ‘insignificance’ of the verb, which is described as a grammatical item only codifying TAM system and ϕ-features, whereas the whole predicative content is thought to be conveyed by the noun. This book deals with the light verb constructions as instances of complex verbs, intended as multi-predicational but monoclausal structures. This allows to deepen the actual verb lightness, the effective noun predicativity, as well as their effect on the cohesion of the construction. The papers in this volume reflect on the concrete contribution of noun and verb to the event and argument structure, and on the relevance of semantically different noun classes for the verb selection. From different theoretical approaches, data of a great variety of languages are investigated, such as Indo-European languages – both modern (Germanic, Slavic, Romance and Iranian languages) and ancient (Latin and Ancient Greek) – but also Mandarin Chinese, and different polysynthetic languages (e.g. Ket, Nivkh, Murrinh-Patha, Kiowa, Bininj Gun-wok, Ainu). The range of topics, languages and perspectives presented in this book make it of great interest to both theoretical and applied linguists.-
Jespersen Gives and Jespersen Takes
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Japanese Sociohistorical Linguistics
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Building Modality with Syntax
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Autolexical Theory
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The Grammar of Collaborative Turns
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The Grammar of Impoliteness
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Modality in Underdescribed Languages
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Periphrastic Constructions in Romance
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Multilingualism and Writing Practices in Defining Communities
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Expanding the Boundaries of Epistemicity
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Expressing Manner
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Language in Social Interaction
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Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination
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On the Role of Contrast in Information Structure
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The Grammar of Thinking
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Adverbs and Adverbials
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Writing Systems and Their Use
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Applicative Morphology
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Sociolinguistic and Typological Perspectives on Language Variation
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It-Clefts
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Discourse Markers in Interaction
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Linearization in Functional Discourse Grammar
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Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
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Essentials of Language Documentation
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Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages
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Tense and Aspects in Discourse
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Money Talks
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Language Change
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Linguistic Change under Contact Conditions
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Synchronic Romance Linguistics
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Where Lexicon and Syntax meet
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Morphophonemic Variability, Productivity, and Change
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Approaches to Cognition through Text and Discourse
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The Welsh Answering System
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Computers in Language Research 2
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Word-Order Based Grammar
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Medieval Dialectology
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Contrasting Languages
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Globalisation and African Languages
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Language System and its Change
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Foundations of Axiomatic Linguistics
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Postlingually Acquired Deafness
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Coherence Theory
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Codeswitching Worldwide. II
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Linguistic Minorities and Literacy
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Essentials of Functional Grammar
Anna Pompei; Lunella Mereu; Valentina Piunno, all Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783112213896 |
| ISBN 10 | 3112213890 |
| Title | Light Verb Constructions as Complex Verbs |
| Author | Anna Pompei |
| Series | Trends In Linguistics Studies And Monographs [Tilsm] |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Year published | 2025-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 378 |
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