Abstract
In the present research study an attempt has been made to analyze one group of complex predicates or nuclear junctures (NJs) in Persian (as an Indo-European language) in terms of its event attribute within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (Van Valin & Lapolla 1997, Van Valin 2005). These complex predicates fuse with the prepositional phrases and the impoverished forms of the verb referred to as ‘light verb’ (Cattell 1984). In this study a distinction is made between predicative and non-predicative prepositions providing some examples along with schematizing their layered structure of the clause. To determine the verb class of the prepositional (P) light verb constructions (LVCs) the main five diagnostic tests are applied to a wide range of examples from our collected Persian data. It has emerged from the findings of this study that all the prepositional phrases in Persian prepositional nuclear junctures are of locative type and the light verbs in these constructions belong to the phase class of verbs i.e. the continuative, terminative, and resultative event phases.
Recommended Citation
Saeedi, Zari
(2010)
"Event Structure of Prepositional Nuclear Junctures in Persian: a Role & Reference Grammar Account,"
The ITB Journal:
Vol. 11:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
doi:10.21427/D7BJ16
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/itbj/vol11/iss1/2
DOI
10.21427/D7BJ16