Nominalization and lexicalization in modern Newari

  • One of the striking features in modern Newari noun phrases is the wide usage of a set of affixes found in combination with the various elements that may expand a noun into an endocentric construction. At first sight such affixation would appear as a linking device by which the subordinate constituents of a noun phrase are tied to their head noun. Closer investigation, however, reveals a more complex picture which I have attempted to outline in the following paragraphs. The results of this inspection lead to the conclusion that the pattern of affixation displayed in Newari mirrors the close interaction of two converse functional principles: both the syntagmatic function of nominal determination on the one hand and a paradigmatic function – the formation of certain types of lexicalized expressions in Newari – formally tie in with each other by the application of one common technique.

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Author:Ulrike Kölver
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-251273
Parent Title (German):Kölner Universalienprojekt: Arbeiten des Kölner Universalien-Projekts ; Nr. 30
Series (Serial Number):Arbeiten des Kölner Universalien-Projekts : akup (30)
Publisher:Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Institut für Linguistik, Universität zu Köln
Place of publication:Köln
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:1977
Year of first Publication:1977
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/08/08
GND Keyword:Newari; Nominalisierung; Lexikalisierung; Affix
Page Number:42
HeBIS-PPN:349586349
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Morphologie / Morphology
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht