Transitivity of deverbal nominals and aspectual modifiers of the verbal stem (evidence from Russian)
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Anna Pazelskaya
Abstract
This paper deals with transitivity in the domain of deverbal nouns in Russian and discusses possible correlations among transitivity and morphosyntactic properties of the verbal stems the nominals can be derived from. It presents another answer to the question of how various deverbal noun suffixes in a language may differ from one another, and what the reasons for these differences are. The two classes of differences discussed in this paper, namely, transitivity preferences and the ability to attach to only prefixed stems vs. to suffixed as well as prefixed stems are claimed to be manifestations of one and the same parameter that determines the place of attachment and thus makes a clear-cut distinction between early-attaching and late-attaching deverbal noun suffixes.
Abstract
This paper deals with transitivity in the domain of deverbal nouns in Russian and discusses possible correlations among transitivity and morphosyntactic properties of the verbal stems the nominals can be derived from. It presents another answer to the question of how various deverbal noun suffixes in a language may differ from one another, and what the reasons for these differences are. The two classes of differences discussed in this paper, namely, transitivity preferences and the ability to attach to only prefixed stems vs. to suffixed as well as prefixed stems are claimed to be manifestations of one and the same parameter that determines the place of attachment and thus makes a clear-cut distinction between early-attaching and late-attaching deverbal noun suffixes.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Trans-duction 1
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Part I. Form and Meaning
- Types of transitivity, intransitive objects, and untransitivity – and the logic of their structural designs 15
- The interaction of transitivity features in the sinhala involitive 69
- Transitivity in Chinese experiencer object verbs 95
- Non-zero/non-zero alternations in differential object marking 119
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Part II. Acquisition and processing
- Children and transitivity 143
- Grammatical transitivity vs. interpretive distinctness 161
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Part III. Transitivity and diathesis
- The space between one and two 191
- Event-structure and individuation in impersonal passives 209
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Part IV. Crosslinguistic and crosscategorical considerations
- Lability and spontaneity 237
- Transitivity of deverbal nominals and aspectual modifiers of the verbal stem (evidence from Russian) 257
- Individuation and semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain 279
- Language index 301
- Subject index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Trans-duction 1
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Part I. Form and Meaning
- Types of transitivity, intransitive objects, and untransitivity – and the logic of their structural designs 15
- The interaction of transitivity features in the sinhala involitive 69
- Transitivity in Chinese experiencer object verbs 95
- Non-zero/non-zero alternations in differential object marking 119
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Part II. Acquisition and processing
- Children and transitivity 143
- Grammatical transitivity vs. interpretive distinctness 161
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Part III. Transitivity and diathesis
- The space between one and two 191
- Event-structure and individuation in impersonal passives 209
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Part IV. Crosslinguistic and crosscategorical considerations
- Lability and spontaneity 237
- Transitivity of deverbal nominals and aspectual modifiers of the verbal stem (evidence from Russian) 257
- Individuation and semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain 279
- Language index 301
- Subject index 303
