THE NOUN PHRASE WITHIN THE LIGHT VERB CONSTRUCTIONS FROM A SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC POINT OF VIEW Cover Image

ИМЕНСКАТА СИНТАГМА ВО ПЕРИФРАСТИЧНИТЕ ПРЕДИКАТИ ОД СИНТАКСИЧКИ И ОД СЕМАНТИЧКИ АСПЕКТ
THE NOUN PHRASE WITHIN THE LIGHT VERB CONSTRUCTIONS FROM A SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC POINT OF VIEW

Author(s): Nataša Stojanovska-Ilievska
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: noun phrase; light verb constructions; nominalization

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the noun phrase (NP) within the light verb constructions (LVCs) from a syntactic and semantic point of view. From a syntactic point of view, by applying a series of tests and citing examples from English and Macedonian, it was demonstrated that the NP within the LVCs functions as a direct object. On the other hand, although the nominalization within the LVCs can be treated as nomen actionis, it seems that sometimes there are grounds to treat this noun as a resultative deverbal noun (i.e. a noun which is closer to the concept of nomen acti than to that of nomen actionis). The semantic role of the argument in DO position is regarded as proto-patient, but it should be taken into account that some arguments are closer to, while others are more distant from the prototypical patient.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 184-197
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Macedonian
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