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Verb focus in Ossetic

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We propose an LFG treatment of the verb focus construction (which consists of a participle and a light verb) in Ossetic and model the complementary distribution of this construction and focalized complex predicates. We build on the analysis of the Ossetic clause presented by Belyaev (2022) enriching the rule for the focus position in the verbal complex and supplying i-structure annotations. We also sketch an LrFG analysis to account for the placement of preverbs in complex predicates.

Source: Proceedings of the Lexical Functional Grammar Conference

DOI: 10.18148/lfg/2025.v30i.77

Authors: Alekseev, Danil, Podgornaia, Anastasia

Institution: Institute of Linguistics

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7125933350

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