Syntactic variation of support verb constructions

Syntactic Variation of Support Verb Constructions We report experiments about the syntactic variations of support verb constructions, a special type ofmultiword expressions (MWEs) containing predicative nouns. In these expressions, the noun can oc-cur with or without the verb, with no clear-cut semantic difference. We extracted from a large Frenchcorpus a set of examples of the two situations and derived statistical results from these data. The ex-traction involved large-coverage language resources and finite-state techniques. The results show that,most frequently, predicative nouns occur without a support verb. This fact has consequences on meth-ods of extracting or recognising MWEs. Appendix List of the support verbs included in the SVC grammar accorder causer encaisser faire manquer porter provoquer retenir acquérir commettre encourir filer multiplier pratiquer réaliser s’adonneradministrer concevoir endurer fixer nourrir prendre recevoir se livreradresser connaître entamer flanquer obtenir prescrire redonner subir allonger conserver entreprendre garder octroyer présenter refaire tenirapporter déborder éprouver imposer offrir préserver regorger tirerasséner donner essuyer infliger passer procéder reperdre toucher avoirécoper êtrejeter percevoir procurer reprendrecaresser effectuer exercer lancer perdre prononcer ressentir