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Nominal Roots as Event Predicates in English Denominal Conversion Verbs

Posted on:2013-06-03Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:New York UniversityCandidate:Rimell, Laura DFull Text:PDF
GTID:1455390008484302Subject:Language
Abstract/Summary:
Despite the high productivity in English of denominal verb formation by conversion, a constraint on possible interpretations is identified: intransitive denominal conversion verbs are infelicitous where the source nominal is intended to be an incremental theme (...
Keywords/Search Tags:Denominal, Conversion
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