{"product_id":"light-verbs-anna-riccio-9783111388441","title":"Light Verbs: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e Light verbs are semantically reduced verbs that simultaneously exhibit a heavy verb usage. The papers collected in this volume examine light verbs from different perspectives in various languages, including several Romance and Germanic languages such as Italian, Spanish, Catalan, German, and English, as well as Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The questions addressed in this volume include: What meaning does a light verb contribute to a light verb construction? What restrictions regarding nominal elements do light verbs exhibit? What influence do light verbs have on the argument structure of light verb constructions? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The analyses draw on different frameworks, including Generative Syntax and Construction Grammar, and combine corpus linguistic investigations with theoretical modeling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Riccio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111388441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111388441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dusseldorf University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Anna Riccio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670643822847,"sku":"9783111388441","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/light-verbs-anna-riccio-9783111388441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}