Light Verbs and Grammaticalization. Evidence From the Catalan Light Verb “Agafar”

Determining the linguistic nature of light verbs – whether they are lexical or grammatical units – is still an open question. Light verbs are often characterised as delexicalized. Thus, grammaticalization would be the process by which a lexical verb (lexical unit) assumes the value of a light verb...

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Published in:Catalan Journal of Linguistics
Main Author: Jordi Ginebra
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/catjl/article/view/449