Semantic spaces of Persian light verbs : a constructionist account
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Semantic spaces of Persian light verbs : a constructionist account
(Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages, v. 6)
Brill, c2014
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Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
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