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【Abstract】The present paper aims to explain the English light verb construction from the perspective of prototype theory and tries to explain some of the ungrammaticality of light verb construction. Some of the ungrammaticality of the light verb construction is explained by virtue of the prototype theory which is proved to be efficient and meaning.
【Key words】light verb construction; prototype theory; grammatical approach
【作者簡介】俞双英，九江学院，东亚大学在读博士。
1. Introduction
When teaching， sometimes we will encounter such questions “why can we say have a drink but cannot say have an eat？” Others may ask why we can say “have a try” but not “have an attempt”. Sometimes why it is grammatical to say “take a bath” but ungrammatical to say “have a bath”？ The present paper focuses on finding the answers to these questions based on prototype theory.
Have a drink * have an eat
Have a try * have an attempt
Take a bath have a bath
In these examples， “take” and “have” are called light verb， which is different from the following heavy “have” and auxiliary verb “have”.
They have blue eyes. （full verb）
She has to go.
【Key words】light verb construction; prototype theory; grammatical approach
【作者簡介】俞双英，九江学院，东亚大学在读博士。
1. Introduction
When teaching， sometimes we will encounter such questions “why can we say have a drink but cannot say have an eat？” Others may ask why we can say “have a try” but not “have an attempt”. Sometimes why it is grammatical to say “take a bath” but ungrammatical to say “have a bath”？ The present paper focuses on finding the answers to these questions based on prototype theory.
Have a drink * have an eat
Have a try * have an attempt
Take a bath have a bath
In these examples， “take” and “have” are called light verb， which is different from the following heavy “have” and auxiliary verb “have”.
They have blue eyes. （full verb）
She has to go.