Separability of Light Verb Constructions in Persian*
Separability of Light Verb Constructions in Persian*
Separability of Light Verb Constructions in Persian*
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(6) a. PP+V<br />
az dast + dâdan (<strong>of</strong> hand giv<strong>in</strong>g) 'to lose'<br />
az yâd + bordan (<strong>of</strong> memory tak<strong>in</strong>g) 'to forget'<br />
be yâd + âvardan (to memory br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g) 'to remember'<br />
be nazar + âmadan (to view com<strong>in</strong>g) 'to appear'<br />
be kâr + bastan (to work ty<strong>in</strong>g) 'to use'<br />
az sar + gereftan (<strong>of</strong> head catch<strong>in</strong>g) 'to restart'<br />
be sar + bordan (to head tak<strong>in</strong>g) 'to spend, to live'<br />
be sar + âmadan (to head com<strong>in</strong>g) 'to expire'<br />
b. A+V<br />
tamiz + kardan (clean do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to clean'<br />
bidâr + shodan (awake becom<strong>in</strong>g) 'to wake up'<br />
xarâb + kardan (destroyed do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to destroy'<br />
sabok + kardan (light do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to degrade'<br />
pahn + kardan (wide do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to spread'<br />
derâz + keshidan (long pull<strong>in</strong>g) 'to lie down'<br />
kam + kardan (little do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to subtract'<br />
c. Adv+V<br />
birun +kardan (out do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to fire (someone),<br />
'to make someone leave'<br />
bâlâ + bordan (up carry<strong>in</strong>g) 'to promote'<br />
pas + dâdan (back giv<strong>in</strong>g) 'to return'<br />
pây<strong>in</strong> + âvardan (down br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g) 'to degrade (someone/<br />
the value <strong>of</strong> someth<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
bar + chidan (over arrang<strong>in</strong>g) 'to pick up, to remove'<br />
dar + kardan (out do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to fire (a shot), to deduct'<br />
dar + gozashtan (<strong>of</strong>f pass<strong>in</strong>g) 'to die'<br />
dar + <strong>of</strong>tâdan (<strong>of</strong>f fall<strong>in</strong>g) 'to quarrel, to oppose'<br />
dur + andâxtan (far throw<strong>in</strong>g) 'to throw away'<br />
d. N+V<br />
da'vat + kardan (<strong>in</strong>vitation do<strong>in</strong>g) 'to <strong>in</strong>vite'<br />
kotak + zadan (beat<strong>in</strong>g hitt<strong>in</strong>g) 'to beat'<br />
shekast + dâdan (defeat giv<strong>in</strong>g) 'to defeat'<br />
panâh + bordan (refuge carry<strong>in</strong>g) 'to take refuge'<br />
panje + andâxtan (palm throw<strong>in</strong>g) 'to grip'<br />
râh + raftan (way go<strong>in</strong>g) 'to walk'<br />
âtash + zadan (fire hitt<strong>in</strong>g) 'to put on fire'<br />
All types <strong>of</strong> LVCs <strong>in</strong> (6) can uniformly be broken by the morphosyntactic elements <strong>in</strong> (1)<br />
and (2). However, the LVCs <strong>in</strong> (6a-c) cannot appear <strong>in</strong> constructions such as those <strong>in</strong> (3).<br />
That means their PVs cannot function as specific DPs function<strong>in</strong>g as direct objects and<br />
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