Deriving color adjectival nominalizations
In this paper I examine two types of nominalizations related to color adjectives in Greek, a suffixed one and a neutral one, which I will compare to their English and Dutch (and German) counterparts. I show that the two differ in that suffixed nominalizations denote stage level properties, while neu...
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| description | In this paper I examine two types of nominalizations related to color adjectives in Greek, a suffixed one and a neutral one, which I will compare to their English and Dutch (and German) counterparts. I show that the two differ in that suffixed nominalizations denote stage level properties, while neuter nominalizations denote individual level properties. This difference is due to the fact that suffixed nominalizations are count nouns, while neuter nominalizations are mass nouns. A comparison between Greek, and Dutch/German and English shows that languages have different nominalization strategies: nominalization can take place at three layers: at the root level, at the nP level, and finally at the DP level. This explains the differences in distribution and interpretation among the different nominalization types across languages |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0baa16ce5604260a8809bccc5564b5c2022-12-22T01:22:59ZporUniversidade do PortoLinguística1646-61952182-97132013-01-018143158Deriving color adjectival nominalizationsArtemis Alexiadou0Universität Stuttgart (Germany)In this paper I examine two types of nominalizations related to color adjectives in Greek, a suffixed one and a neutral one, which I will compare to their English and Dutch (and German) counterparts. I show that the two differ in that suffixed nominalizations denote stage level properties, while neuter nominalizations denote individual level properties. This difference is due to the fact that suffixed nominalizations are count nouns, while neuter nominalizations are mass nouns. A comparison between Greek, and Dutch/German and English shows that languages have different nominalization strategies: nominalization can take place at three layers: at the root level, at the nP level, and finally at the DP level. This explains the differences in distribution and interpretation among the different nominalization types across languageshttp://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/11772.pdfColor adjectivessuffixed nominalizationneuter nominalizationstage levelindividual level |
| spellingShingle | Artemis Alexiadou Deriving color adjectival nominalizations Linguística Color adjectives suffixed nominalization neuter nominalization stage level individual level |
| title | Deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| title_full | Deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| title_fullStr | Deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| title_short | Deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| title_sort | deriving color adjectival nominalizations |
| topic | Color adjectives suffixed nominalization neuter nominalization stage level individual level |
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