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| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
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| Amharic | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Jula | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Gagauz | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Huarong Chinese | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Hungarian | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Jejueo | 54 | present | 1 | NA | ||
| Kazakh | 54 | present | 1 | NA | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 54 | present | 1 | NA | ||
| Marathi | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Mooré | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Nepali | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Newari | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Kannada | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Polish | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 54 | present | 1 | |||
| Vietnamese | 54 | present | 1 | NA |
(54) Are there light verb constructions?
Alternatives to be checked: yes / no; if yes, please add examples
Persian
sar kardan
head/start do
'to begin'
Persian
darost kardan
right do
'make correct, prepare'
Persian
az bar kardan
from memory do
'learn by heart' (Windfuhr & Perry)
Explanation: Light verbs refer to semantically bleached verbs used productively with a wide range of different nouns, such as Persian kardan 'to do, to make'.
Background: There is a potential connection to difference in vocabulary size, with O-V possibly using more light verbs to compensate for a smaller vocabulary (cf. Polinsky).