Light verbs Some syntacticians distinguish between auxiliary verbs and light verbs.Concerning light verbs in English, see Allterton (2006:176).Light verbs are called Funktionsverben 'function verbs' in German – see Engel (1994:105f.) and Eroms (2000:162ff.). The two are similar insofar as both verb types contribute mainly just functional information to the clauses in which they appear. Hence both do not qualify as separate predicates, but rather they form part of a predicate with another expression – usually with a full verb in the case of auxiliary verbs and usually with a noun in the case of light verbs.
Light verbs Some syntactic.ians distinguish between auxiliary verbs and light verbs.Concerning light verbs in English, see Allterton (2006:176).Light verbs are called Funktionsverben 'function verbs' in German – see Engel (1994:105f) and Eroms (2000:162ff). The two are similar insofar as both verb types contribute mainly just functional information to the clauses in which they appear. Hence both do not qualify as separate predicates, but rather they form part of a predicate with another expre.ssion – usually with a full verb in the case of auxiliary verbs and usually with a noun in the case of light verbs.