Event types in the Generative Lexicon: Implications for Persian compound verbs
Mohammad Haji-Abdolhosseini · 2000
Compounding is a highly productive phenomenon in Persian and compound verbs have been the subject of several interesting studies in a variety of frameworks. In this paper, I look at a small subset of these verbs and try to capture some of the constraints and generalities involved in the compounding process. The theoretical framework of the paper is the Generative Lexicon (GL) as formalised in Pustejovsky (1995). The goal of the paper is to approach a well-known problem from a new angle and see whether or not the approach taken, namely the GL approach, looks like a promising framework for the analysis of Persian compounds. As it is argued in the paper, this approach proves very promising enabling the researcher to capture numerous intuitions and generalities observed in the phenomenon, although it is acknowledged that a great deal of details remain to be worked out in future research.