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Cross-linguistic Investigations of Nominalization Patterns
The chapters in this volume address current topics in the morphology, syntax, and semantics of nominalizations, drawing on a range of typologically and geographically diverse languages. Nominalizations represent a long-standing puzzle to linguists: How is a noun, such as destruction, related to the verb destroy? The semantic parallel between the deverbal nominalization and its related verb suggests that there is a close connection between the two. This volume contributes to the ongoing debates on how to capture this connection and how to account for the apparent mixed categorical status of nominalizations. This volume is essential for students and researchers interested in the morphology-syntax and syntax-semantics interfaces.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 210] 2014. xiii, 217 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 30 January 2014
Published online on 30 January 2014
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patternsIleana Paul | pp. vii–xiv
- Part 1. Verbal structure inside nominalizations
- Nominalizations in OjibweEric Mathieu | pp. 3–24
- Nominalizing Inner Aspect: Evidence from BlackfootElizabeth Ritter | pp. 25–50
- Nominalization instead of modificationAndrea Wilhelm | pp. 51–82
- Part 2. The referent of nominalization
- Assigning reference in clausal nominalizationsHeather Bliss | pp. 85–118
- Simple event nominalizations: Roots and their interpretationKeir Moulton | pp. 119–144
- Malagasy fact- and claim-type nominals: An explorationLisa deMena Travis, Jeannot-Fils Ranaivoson and Jean Lewis Botouhely | pp. 145–166
- Part The nature of the nominalizer
- Derivation by gender in LithuanianSolveiga Armoskaite | pp. 169–188
- Patterns of nominalization in BlackfootMartina Wiltschko | pp. 189–214
- Index | pp. 215–217
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