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A cognitive-functional approach to nominalization in English /

The main objective of the book is to present a systematic account of the constructional mechanisms that underlie deverbal nominalization. Such an account strongly calls for a functional rather than purely structural approach because nominalizations are basically functional re-classifications of verb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heyvaert, Liesbet, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.
Colección:Cognitive linguistics research ; 26.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical assumptions
  • Chapter 3. Nominalization
  • Chapter 4. The functional organization of nominal and clause
  • Chapter 5. Deverbal -er suffixation: Towards a descriptive position
  • Chapter 6. The middle construction
  • Chapter 7. A multifunctional approach to -er nominalization
  • Chapter 8. Factive nominalization: Towards a descriptive position
  • Chapter 9. A functional analysis of factive nominalizations as nominal constructions
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter.