Chapter 2. Special valency behavior of Czech deverbal nouns
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Veronika Kolářová
Abstract
This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the valency properties of Czech deverbal nouns. It focuses on the forms of complementation they take. These can be typical, related to those of the source verbs, or special, without any relationship to them. We present an overview of these special shifts in valency. Special forms of participants have an impact on the syntactic behavior of the noun and its meaning. We argue that it is not always a plain shift in meaning but sometimes only a slight meaning nuance. Such nouns with special forms of participants require creating a new valency frame; they represent a separate category on the boundary between syntactic and lexical derivation.
Abstract
This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the valency properties of Czech deverbal nouns. It focuses on the forms of complementation they take. These can be typical, related to those of the source verbs, or special, without any relationship to them. We present an overview of these special shifts in valency. Special forms of participants have an impact on the syntactic behavior of the noun and its meaning. We argue that it is not always a plain shift in meaning but sometimes only a slight meaning nuance. Such nouns with special forms of participants require creating a new valency frame; they represent a separate category on the boundary between syntactic and lexical derivation.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Editor’s foreword ix
- Contributors xv
- Chapter 1. Contribution of valency to the analysis of language 1
- Chapter 2. Special valency behavior of Czech deverbal nouns 19
- Chapter 3. Nominalizations of Spanish perception verbs at the syntax–semantics interface 61
- Chapter 4. Case assignment, aspect, and (non-)expression of patients 89
- Chapter 5. A data-driven analysis of the structure type ‘man–nature relationship’ in Romanian 113
- Chapter 6. Classifier noun phrases of the type N1N2 in Bulgarian 141
- Chapter 7. Noun phrasal complements vs. adjuncts 161
- Chapter 8. Noun valency in Latin 183
- Index 211
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Editor’s foreword ix
- Contributors xv
- Chapter 1. Contribution of valency to the analysis of language 1
- Chapter 2. Special valency behavior of Czech deverbal nouns 19
- Chapter 3. Nominalizations of Spanish perception verbs at the syntax–semantics interface 61
- Chapter 4. Case assignment, aspect, and (non-)expression of patients 89
- Chapter 5. A data-driven analysis of the structure type ‘man–nature relationship’ in Romanian 113
- Chapter 6. Classifier noun phrases of the type N1N2 in Bulgarian 141
- Chapter 7. Noun phrasal complements vs. adjuncts 161
- Chapter 8. Noun valency in Latin 183
- Index 211
