March 3, 2026Open Access

Verb focus in Ossetic

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This analysis clarifies the verb focus construction, enhancing understanding of complementary distribution.
A model of 2022 suggests an enriched approach to the focus position within the verbal complex.
Analysis utilizes both LFG and LrFG to study the placement of preverbs in Ossetic predicates.
Findings indicate that verb construction analysis can reshape our understanding of Ossetic syntax.

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We propose an LFG treatment of the verb focus construction (which consists of a participle and a light verb) in Ossetic and model the complementary distribution of this construction and focalized complex predicates. We build on the analysis of the Ossetic clause presented by Belyaev (2022) enriching the rule for the focus position in the verbal complex and supplying i-structure annotations. We also sketch an LrFG analysis to account for the placement of preverbs in complex predicates.

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Alekseev et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75c4ec6e9836116a250d2 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.18148/lfg/2025.v30i.77

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Danil Alekseev

Anastasia D. Podgornaia

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