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Light verb

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.

Synonyms

small clause bare noun loose ablative impersonal verb incomplete sentence expletive antipassive voice empty morpheme privative adjective empty morph zero prefix zero morpheme

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