Eva Wittenberg
List of John Benjamins publications for which Eva Wittenberg plays a role.
Articles
The mental representation and processing of light verbs Structuring the Argument: Multidisciplinary research on verb argument structure, Bachrach, Asaf, Isabelle Roy and Linnaea Stockall (eds.), pp. 61–80 | Article
2014 This article gives an overview of our ongoing research on the processing and representation of light verb constructions. Light verb constructions consist of a light verb, which is semantically bleached, and an event nominal, which identifies the kind of event. Together the noun and the verb… read more
Processing light verb constructions The Mental Lexicon 6:3, pp. 393–413 | Article
2011
Henry gave Elsa a kiss
give
kiss
give
a kiss
We test two approaches to light verb constructions: (1) joint predication in light verb constructions is stored as pre-specified, and their high frequency predicts less processing cost. (2) Joint predication in light verb… read more