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the persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: causation and more
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نویسنده
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soltani reza ,amouzadeh mohammad ,rezaei hadaegh
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منبع
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پژوهش هاي زبان شناسي - 2024 - دوره : 16 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:1 -18
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چکیده
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This paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (lvcs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. it examines the semantic relationships between the heavy verb dādan and its uses as lvcs. the analysis of attested examples reveals that the use of dādan as a light verb (lv) is a function of the semantic structure of its simple verb counterpart. this suggests that its lightness status is highly systematic and can be explained in terms of cognitively driven motivations. in addition, a significant number of the lvcs express certain causation meanings, suggesting that persian speakers tend to use the lv dādan to convey causative notions as newly emerged lvcs. this stance will constitute our line of argument to analyze the data in this study. by presenting a cognitive configuration of lvcs in persian, the current paper can pave the way for a fine-grained theorization of typological aspects of lvcs in some other languages.
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کلیدواژه
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dādan ,light verb construction ,semantic structure ,cognitive lexical semantics ,causation
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آدرس
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the arctic university of norway, department of language and culture uit, norway, university of isfahan, department of linguistics, iran, university of isfahan, department of linguistics, iran
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پست الکترونیکی
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hadaeghrezaei@fgn.ui.ac.ir
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the persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: causation and more
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Authors
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soltani reza ,amouzadeh mohammad ,rezaei hadaegh
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Abstract
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this paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (lvcs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. it examines the semantic relationships between the heavy verb dādan and its uses as lvcs. the analysis of attested examples reveals that the use of dādan as a light verb (lv) is a function of the semantic structure of its simple verb counterpart. this suggests that its lightness status is highly systematic and can be explained in terms of cognitively driven motivations. in addition, a significant number of the lvcs express certain causation meanings, suggesting that persian speakers tend to use the lv dādan to convey causative notions as newly emerged lvcs. this stance will constitute our line of argument to analyze the data in this study. by presenting a cognitive configuration of lvcs in persian, the current paper can pave the way for a fine-grained theorization of typological aspects of lvcs in some other languages.
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Keywords
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dādan ,light verb construction ,semantic structure ,cognitive lexical semantics ,causation
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