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The semantics of Moroccan Arabic dar 'do' in typological perspective
2012
Language Typology and Universals
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AbstractThis paper is a case study in the exploration of the semantic range of single a high-frequency lexical item on the basis of a corpus of spoken language, in this case Moroccan Arabic. Generalised action verbs ('do' verbs) are an interesting object of study because cross-linguistically, they can exhibit a wide range of functions including that of causative verb, verb of creation, verb in agentive collocations, verbaliser with loan words and mimetic expressions, quotative verb, and even a
doi:10.1524/stuf.2012.0027
fatcat:whe44s2hrjan7pi5vwa2jtjbpu