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Separability of light verb constructions in Persian *
Author(s) -
KarimiDoostan Gholamhossein
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-9582
pISSN - 0039-3193
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2011.01178.x
Subject(s) - adjective , linguistics , object (grammar) , argument (complex analysis) , verb , representation (politics) , mathematics , interrogative word , separable space , philosophy , noun , medicine , mathematical analysis , politics , political science , law
. Persian Light Verb Constructions (LVCs), consisting of a light verb and a preverb, fall into two groups: separable and inseparable. The nominal preverbs in the former, unlike those in the latter, can function as direct object DP argument, can be modified by an adjective, and can be relativized, scrambled and focused on by Wh‐interrogatives. In this paper, it is argued that the (in)separability of LVCs cannot necessarily be an indication of the fact that LVCs are formed at two levels of representation. It is shown that (in)separability of LVCs follows from the semantic and morphosyntactic properties of preverbs and light verbs in the language.