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The semantics of nominalizations across languages and frameworks /

The volume explores the semantics of nominalizations from different theoretical points of view: formal and lexical semantics, cognitive-functional grammar, lexical-functional grammar, discourse representation theory. Data from a variety of languages are taken into account, including Hungarian, Itali...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rathert, Monika, 1972-, Alexiadou, Artemis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Series:Interface explorations ; 22.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Nominals don't provide criteria of identity; Nominalization in context
  • conflicting readings and predicate transfer; A cognitive-functional perspective on deverbal nominalization in English. Descriptive findings and theoretical ramifications; A new account of possessors and event nominals in Hungarian; The semantics of eventive suffixes in French; Action nominals inside: lexical-semantic issues; Syntactic and semantic constraints on the formation and interpretation of -ung-nouns.