Verbolexicality
Verbolexicality refers to the concept within linguistics where verbs themselves carry significant lexical meaning, independent of or in addition to their grammatical function. This contrasts with purely auxiliary verbs which primarily serve grammatical roles like indicating tense, mood, or aspect. Verbolexical verbs are often content words, contributing core semantic information to a sentence.
The term "verbolexical" suggests a fusion of "verb" and "lexical," emphasizing that these verbs function as both
In contrast, verbs like "be," "have," or "do" can function as auxiliary verbs. When "be" is used
The study of verbolexicality is relevant to areas such as lexical semantics, syntax, and computational linguistics.