The Light Verb Construction in Japanese: The role of the verbal noun
Tadao Miyamoto
This study deals with the so-called Light Verb Construction in Japanese, which consists of the verb “suru” do and an accusative (“o”) marked verbal noun (VN). There have been unresolved debates on the role of “suru”: whether “suru” in “VN-o suru” functions as a light or heavy verb. The previous… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 29] 2000. xiv, 232 pp.



