Linguistics Society of Iran Language and Linguistics 23223847 1 1 2005 05 22 A VP-shell Analysis of Persian Causative Verbs A VP-shell Analysis of Persian Causative Verbs 91 113 1580 FA Mehrzad Mansouri Journal Article 2015 08 06 Since Larson (1988) argued that VP is of two shells (layers) , higher with a light verb and the lower is with a lexical verb as its head, linguists have tried to investigate structures by which the claim can be evaluated. Persian causative constructions ( PCS ) with its various syntactic forms can be helpful in this respect.        This study argues that PCS is clearly formed of a light verb maximal projection ( vP) and a verb phrase projection ( VP).It is argued that the light verbs which stand as the head of  vP is Ǿ , KARDAN, and the affix “ – AN”.It is also argued that in some cases PCS shows some lexical changes in verbal constructions. So it seems that considering  lexical properties in structural analyses can provide a better description . The data of the study shows that at least one piece of evidence support the interface of function and form as functionalist believe. Since Larson (1988) argued that VP is of two shells (layers) , higher with a light verb and the lower is with a lexical verb as its head, linguists have tried to investigate structures by which the claim can be evaluated. Persian causative constructions ( PCS ) with its various syntactic forms can be helpful in this respect.        This study argues that PCS is clearly formed of a light verb maximal projection ( vP) and a verb phrase projection ( VP).It is argued that the light verbs which stand as the head of  vP is Ǿ , KARDAN, and the affix “ – AN”.It is also argued that in some cases PCS shows some lexical changes in verbal constructions. So it seems that considering  lexical properties in structural analyses can provide a better description . The data of the study shows that at least one piece of evidence support the interface of function and form as functionalist believe. https://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1580_dc5c768b5dc76a084531934b34601977.pdf