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light verb construction

MWE where a verb combines with a noun or another phrase to create a meaning that cannot be fully derived from the verb alone
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light verb construction

Summary

light verb construction is a syntactic category[1].

Key Facts

  • light verb construction's instance of is recorded as syntactic category[2].
  • light verb construction's subclass of is recorded as Verbal Multiword Expressions[3].
  • light verb construction's has part is recorded as nominal[4].
  • light verb construction's has part is recorded as light verb[5].
  • light verb construction's manifestation of is recorded as compound verb[6].
  • light verb construction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121bw1vk[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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