Complex Predicates with Light Verbs in VALLEX: From Formal Model to Lexicographic Description
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Natural languages are typically characterized by a large area where grammar and lexicon overlap. Complex predicates with light verbs represent a typical language phenomenon at the lexicongrammar interface. Their theoretically adequate representation thus requires a close interplay between the lexicon and the grammar. In this paper, we introduce a formal model for the lexicographic description of Czech complex predicates of the given type. The central type of Czech complex predicates are composed of light verbs and predicative nouns. We demonstrate that although their syntactic structure formation is highly complex, it still exhibits enough regularity to be captured by formal rules.
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