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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{stub}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Light verb&#039;&#039;&#039; is thematically incomplete verb which only in combination with a predicative complement qualifies as a [[predicate]].<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the Japanese verb &#039;&#039;suru&#039;&#039; in (i)a case-marks but does not theta-mark the complement NP &#039;&#039;hanashi&#039;&#039; which in its turn theta-marks &#039;&#039;John and Mary&#039;&#039;. As shown by the contrast with (i)b, the verb &#039;&#039;suru&#039;&#039; only contributes the past tense (&#039;&#039;shita&#039;&#039; = &#039;&#039;suru&#039;&#039; + past) and the case-marking (-&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;) of the complement.<br /> <br /> (i) a John-wa Mary-ni hanashi-o shita<br /> John-topic Mary-to talk-Acc &#039;&#039;suru&#039;&#039;-past<br /> &#039;John talked to Mary&#039;<br /> b John-no Mary-e-no hanashi<br /> John-Gen Mary-to-Gen talk<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Light+verb&amp;lemmacode=621 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Catell, R. 1984. &#039;&#039;Composite Predicates in English,&#039;&#039; Academic Press Australia: North Ryde, New South Wales.<br /> * Grimshaw, J. &amp;amp; A. Mester 1988. &#039;&#039;Light verbs and theta-marking,&#039;&#039; Linguistic Inquiry 19, 205-232, .<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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