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German Light Verb Constructions in Corpora and Dictionaries

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International Journal of Lexicography, 19 (4): 439--457 (Dec 1, 2006)
DOI: 10.1093/ijl/ecl027

Abstract

In this paper we explore the collocations and semantics of light verbs in German and propose a new kind of monolingual German dictionary entry for such verbs, paying equal attention to phraseology and meaning. As a rule of thumb, we follow the semantic criterion that the meaning of a light verb is more than usually bound up with its collocations (which, typically, are few in number and high in frequency). We consider problems of terminology and criteria. A corpus-based analysis of three verbs (leisten, erteilen, and hegen) is presented.

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