Verb Complements in Art
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1993-06
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Addis Ababa Universiy
Abstract
This study de:;..ls .:ith the structure of verb compl
ements of J\.ri. The attempt made here is,to present
t he basic grammatic"l feature s necessary for the di s cu-
156iOll of verb complements, to describe the verb cc!::;:,l e-
:.:;entll, and to explain the various constituents that
CO!r.po ~e the verb Cvt:p l el.ent " in lir l,t of the GB fr:lDt", -
work "ud Jackendoff ' s i- theory . In rel ation to head
and complement the dependency of one on anothe r i s
aual jzed u ~in g mainly tl.eta and case theo ries.
The structure of verb complements fits thft g e n e r ~ l
princ i ples of GB t ~ eo r y. Lri aD a l a~g ua 1 e (in i ts
s yntax) ha~ some peculiar features which differentiates
it fro~ other lan g u R~ cs. Some of t hem are f ound i ~ the
relation bet,lll ", n t te trar, _itive vel'D s a nd 'cl.•e i '!, co::::<L8-
~ent8. Four of t hem are accounted here, others are
raised as pr oblems for furt he r rpsearch.
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verb complements