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Icelandic nominalizations and allosemy /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Jim (Linguist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2023]
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; v. 84.
Subjects:
Icelandic language > Nominals.
Islandais (Langue) > Nominaux.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Semantics.
Language teaching & learning.
Language.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192634445
9780192634443
9780191897566
0191897566