Deverbal zero-nominalization and verb classes: Insights from a database
- We investigate deverbal zero-derived nominals in English (e.g., to walk > a walk) from the perspective of the lexical semantics of their base verbs and the interpretations they may receive (e.g., event, result state, product, agent). By acknowledging that, in the absence of an overt affix, the meaning of zero-nominals is highly dependent on that of the base, the ultimate goal of this study is to identify possible meaning regularities that these nominals may display in relation to the different semantic verb classes. We report on a newly created database of 1,000 zero-derived nominals, which have been collected for various semantic verb classes. We test previous generalizations made in the literature in comparison with suffix-based nominals and in relation to the ontological type of the base verb. While these generalizations may intuitively hold, we find intriguing challenges that bring zero-derived nominals closer to suffix-based nominals than previously claimed.
Author: | Gianina IordăchioaiaORCiDGND, Susanne Schweitzer, Yaryna Svyryda, María Camila Buitrago CabreraORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-704969 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3726/zwjw.2020.02.07 |
ISSN: | 2367-3877 |
Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Zeitschrift für Wortbildung : ZWJW = Journal of word formation |
Publisher: | Peter Lang |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/10/07 |
Year of first Publication: | 2020 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2023/01/11 |
GND Keyword: | Nullmorphem; Verbalnomen |
Volume: | 4.2020 |
Issue: | 2 |
Page Number: | 23 |
First Page: | 120 |
Last Page: | 142 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 507015827 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch | |
Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Morphologie / Morphology |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |