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Manual of Grammatical Interfaces in Romance
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Judith Meinschaefer13 NominalizationsAbstract:Nominalizations are complex words, which, under a classic view of thearchitecture of the language faculty, belong to the domain of word structure, ormorphology. In the simplest cases, nouns can be derived from one-place predicates,like adjectives and intransitive verbs. In more complex cases, they derive fromcomplex verbs and retain much of the syntactic and semantic complexity of theirbases. Two fundamental questions have been at the core of the study of nominaliza-tion: First, which aspects of the event-structural and of the argument-structural com-plexity seen in the verbal domain are visible in the nominal domain, and whichaspects are not? Second, how does the morphological complexity of nominalizationsrelate to their event- and argument-structural complexity? With a focus on these twoquestions, the present article aims at presenting a state-of-the-art perspective onnominalization and its implications for the interfaces between morphology, syntax,and semantics, with specific reference to Romance languages.Keywords:nominalization, deverbal noun, event structure, argument structure,morphology1 IntroductionNominalization, and in particular deverbal nominalization, has served as a test casefor the theoretical modelling of the interfaces between modules of the languagefaculty from early generative linguistics onwards (e.g. Lees 1966; Chomsky 1970).Nominalizations are complex words, which, under a classic view of the architectureof the language faculty, fall into the domain of word structure, or morphology. At thesame time, being derived from verbs, which may be considered the core elements ofsentences and which determine many aspects of sentential syntax and interpreta-tion, deverbal nominalizations exhibit much of the same syntactic and semanticcomplexity, an explanation of which lies in the scope of syntax and semantics. Thestudy of nominalization thus presupposes–and fosters–an understanding of theinteraction of morphology, syntax, and semantics.Two basic questions have been at the core of the study of nominalization: First,which aspects of the event-structural and of the argument-structural complexity seenin the verbal domain are visible in the nominal domain? Second, how does themorphological complexity of nominalizations relate to their event- and argument-structural complexity? The present article aims to present a state-of-the-art perspectiveon these two questions, with specific reference to Romance languages. In doing so,
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Judith Meinschaefer13 NominalizationsAbstract:Nominalizations are complex words, which, under a classic view of thearchitecture of the language faculty, belong to the domain of word structure, ormorphology. In the simplest cases, nouns can be derived from one-place predicates,like adjectives and intransitive verbs. In more complex cases, they derive fromcomplex verbs and retain much of the syntactic and semantic complexity of theirbases. Two fundamental questions have been at the core of the study of nominaliza-tion: First, which aspects of the event-structural and of the argument-structural com-plexity seen in the verbal domain are visible in the nominal domain, and whichaspects are not? Second, how does the morphological complexity of nominalizationsrelate to their event- and argument-structural complexity? With a focus on these twoquestions, the present article aims at presenting a state-of-the-art perspective onnominalization and its implications for the interfaces between morphology, syntax,and semantics, with specific reference to Romance languages.Keywords:nominalization, deverbal noun, event structure, argument structure,morphology1 IntroductionNominalization, and in particular deverbal nominalization, has served as a test casefor the theoretical modelling of the interfaces between modules of the languagefaculty from early generative linguistics onwards (e.g. Lees 1966; Chomsky 1970).Nominalizations are complex words, which, under a classic view of the architectureof the language faculty, fall into the domain of word structure, or morphology. At thesame time, being derived from verbs, which may be considered the core elements ofsentences and which determine many aspects of sentential syntax and interpreta-tion, deverbal nominalizations exhibit much of the same syntactic and semanticcomplexity, an explanation of which lies in the scope of syntax and semantics. Thestudy of nominalization thus presupposes–and fosters–an understanding of theinteraction of morphology, syntax, and semantics.Two basic questions have been at the core of the study of nominalization: First,which aspects of the event-structural and of the argument-structural complexity seenin the verbal domain are visible in the nominal domain? Second, how does themorphological complexity of nominalizations relate to their event- and argument-structural complexity? The present article aims to present a state-of-the-art perspectiveon these two questions, with specific reference to Romance languages. In doing so,
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Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
  3. Acknowledgments VII
  4. Table of contents IX
  5. Grammatical interfaces in Romance languages: An introduction 1
  6. I. Sound and structure
  7. 1. Surface sound and underlying structure: The phonetics-phonology interface 23
  8. 2. Segmental phenomena and their interactions: Evidence for prosodic organization and the architecture of grammar 41
  9. 3. Prosodic phonology and its interfaces 75
  10. 4. Phonology and morphology in Optimality Theory 105
  11. 5. Inflectional verb morphology 149
  12. II. Structure and meaning
  13. 6. Meaning of words and meaning of sentences 187
  14. 7. Morphology and semantics: Aspect and modality 213
  15. 8. (In)definiteness, specificity, and differential object marking 241
  16. 9. Agreement restrictions and agreement oddities 267
  17. 10. Auxiliary selection 295
  18. III. Sound, structure, and meaning
  19. 11. Subjects, null subjects, and expletives 329
  20. 12. Object clitics 363
  21. 13. Nominalizations 391
  22. 14. Information structure, prosody, and word order 419
  23. 15 VP and TP ellipsis: Sentential polarity and information structure 457
  24. 16. Existential constructions 487
  25. IV. The role of the interfaces in language acquisition and change
  26. 17. Acquiring multilingual phonologies (2L1, L2 and L3): Are the difficulties in the interfaces? 519
  27. 18. Interfaces with syntax in language acquisition 551
  28. 19. The role of the interfaces in syntactic change 587
  29. 20. Interfacing interfaces: Quechua and Spanish in the Andes 607
  30. 21. Grammaticalization and pragmaticalization 635
  31. 22. Changes at the syntax-discourse interface 659
  32. Index 683
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Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
  3. Acknowledgments VII
  4. Table of contents IX
  5. Grammatical interfaces in Romance languages: An introduction 1
  6. I. Sound and structure
  7. 1. Surface sound and underlying structure: The phonetics-phonology interface 23
  8. 2. Segmental phenomena and their interactions: Evidence for prosodic organization and the architecture of grammar 41
  9. 3. Prosodic phonology and its interfaces 75
  10. 4. Phonology and morphology in Optimality Theory 105
  11. 5. Inflectional verb morphology 149
  12. II. Structure and meaning
  13. 6. Meaning of words and meaning of sentences 187
  14. 7. Morphology and semantics: Aspect and modality 213
  15. 8. (In)definiteness, specificity, and differential object marking 241
  16. 9. Agreement restrictions and agreement oddities 267
  17. 10. Auxiliary selection 295
  18. III. Sound, structure, and meaning
  19. 11. Subjects, null subjects, and expletives 329
  20. 12. Object clitics 363
  21. 13. Nominalizations 391
  22. 14. Information structure, prosody, and word order 419
  23. 15 VP and TP ellipsis: Sentential polarity and information structure 457
  24. 16. Existential constructions 487
  25. IV. The role of the interfaces in language acquisition and change
  26. 17. Acquiring multilingual phonologies (2L1, L2 and L3): Are the difficulties in the interfaces? 519
  27. 18. Interfaces with syntax in language acquisition 551
  28. 19. The role of the interfaces in syntactic change 587
  29. 20. Interfacing interfaces: Quechua and Spanish in the Andes 607
  30. 21. Grammaticalization and pragmaticalization 635
  31. 22. Changes at the syntax-discourse interface 659
  32. Index 683
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