Light verb: Revision history

Diff selection: Mark the radio buttons of the revisions to compare and hit enter or the button at the bottom.
Legend: (cur) = difference with latest revision, (prev) = difference with preceding revision, m = minor edit.

11 August 2023

  • curprev 12:0412:04, 11 August 2023‎ Laqme talk contribs‎ 1,951 bytes +1,951‎ Created page with "In generative grammar, a '''light verb''' is a verb that doesn't contribute much semantic content, but plays a more structural role. Its meaning is dependent on the meaning of its complement. For example, in English, "Mary kisses John" can be rephrased as "Mary gives John a kiss" with a light verb "give". In a syntax tree, light verbs are denoted 𝑣 ("'''little v'''") and "light verb phrases" are denoted 𝑣P. This verb may be an actual word, but sometimes it's an u..."
Retrieved from "https://toaq.me/Light_verb"