| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics; v.84 |
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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; v. 84.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- General preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Basic issues in nominalizations -- 1.2 Three basic approaches -- 1.2.1 Parallel Structures analysis -- 1.2.2 Phrasal Layering analysis -- 1.2.3 Complex Head analysis -- 1.2.4 Beyond the three-way ambiguity -- 1.2.5 Why Icelandic nominalizations? -- 1.3 Proposal -- 1.3.1 (Contextual) allosemy -- 1.3.2 The syntax-semantics interface -- 1.3.3 Compounding vs. derivation -- 1.4 Background on Icelandic DP structure -- 1.4.1 Basic DP structure -- 1.4.2 Licensing genitives and genitive complements -- 1.4.3 Is there ̀̀quirky case'' in Icelandic DPs? -- 1.4.4 Take-home points about DP structure -- 1.5 About the data in this book -- 1.6 Outline of the remainder of the book -- 2 Icelandic nominalizations -- 2.1 Morphology and allomorphy -- 2.1.1 Realizations of n and v -- 2.1.2 The Icelandic theme vowel -a is not a verbalizer -- 2.1.3 The gender of Derived Nominals -- 2.1.4 P-prefixing in Derived Nominals: A first look -- 2.2 Complex Event Nominals -- 2.2.1 Basic CEN diagnostics -- 2.2.2 Allomorphs of n in CENs -- 2.2.3 A note on zero-derived nominals -- 2.3 Further scrutiny of CEN diagnostics -- 2.3.1 Obligatoriness of internal arguments -- 2.3.2 Pluralization of CENs -- 2.3.3 Adjectival modifiers -- 2.3.4 Agentive by-phrases -- 2.3.5 Nominalization of ECM structures -- 2.3.6 The susceptibility of nominalizations to apparent counter-examples -- 2.3.7 Pluralia tantum and nominalizations -- 2.4 Presence/absence of v in nominalizations -- 2.4.1 Eventive readings and Borer's Generalization -- 2.4.2 Overt v morphology -- 2.5 Presence/absence of Voice in nominalizations -- 2.5.1 Overt Voice morphology -- 2.5.2 Passive vs. unaccusative readings -- 2.5.3 Self-action reading -- 2.5.4 Restrictions on the subject -- 2.5.5 Agentive modifiers -- 2.5.6 Binomial each -- 2.5.7 Summary of VoiceP diagnostics -- 2.6 Summary -- 3 Phrasal Layering vs. Complex Heads -- 3.1 Case (non-)inheritance supports Complex Heads -- 3.1.1 Dative direct object themes -- 3.1.2 Dative themes of unaccusatives -- 3.1.3 On DP-internal datives -- 3.1.4 Icelandic datives are not low unmarked datives -- 3.1.5 Other case frames -- 3.1.6 Should we even expect case patterns to be inherited? -- 3.2 Other problems for Phrasal Layering -- 3.2.1 The problem of á-PPs -- 3.2.2 Nominalizations of ditransitive verbs -- 3.2.3 Nominalizations of -st verbs -- 3.2.4 Synthetic compounds -- 3.3 Summary -- 4 Prepositions and prefixes -- 4.1 Proposal: Structural constraints on allosemy -- 4.2 Prefixing to verbs -- 4.3 Prefixing to Derived Nominals -- 4.3.1 Pattern 1: Prefixing and doubling -- 4.3.2 Pattern 2: Prefixing only -- 4.3.3 Pattern 3: Nominal selects the same PP -- 4.3.4 The 'gratuitous prefixing' effect -- 4.3.5 Mixed patterns: Doubling optional -- 4.3.6 Prepositional prefixing and RNs -- 4.4 Prepositions as probes: An alternative Phrasal Layering analysis |
| Summary |
This book provides a detailed description of Icelandic nominalizations, processes through which verbs are turned into nouns. Jim Wood shows that the analysis of these constructions has broad implications for our understanding of argument structure and the syntax-semantics interface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version record |
| Subject |
Icelandic language -- Nominals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0192634445 |
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9780192634443 |
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