Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patterns / edited by Ileana Paul, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

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"Patterns of nominalization in Blackfoot are surveyed. It is demonstrated that two of these patterns behave like nouns while two others only partially behave like nouns. Degrees of nominality are analyzed within the assumption that there is a universal syntactic spine, a hierarchically organized set of categories, which are not intrinsically specified for nominality or verbality. They are category-neutral. Different nominalization patterns (and degrees of nominality) reduce to different ways of introducing the nominalizer: it may be introduced by a dedicated morphological marker (nominalization via complementation), or it may be introduced as part of the higher head (nominalization via selection). Category-neutral functional projections as well as functors are independently attested."--Provided by publisher.

Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patterns / Ileana Paul -- Part 1. Vernbal structure inside nominalizations. Nominalizations in Ojibwe / Eric Mathieu ; Nominalizing inner-aspect: Evidence from Blackfoot / Elizabeth Ritter ; Nominalization instead of modification / Andrea Wilhelm -- Part 2. The referent of nominalization. Assigning reference in clausal nominalizations / Heather Bliss ; Simple event nominalizations: Roots and their interpretation / Keir Moulton ; Malagasy FACT- and CLAIM-type nominals: An exploration / Lisa deMena Travis, Jeannot Fils Ranaivoson, Jean Lewis Botouhely -- Part 3. The nature of the nominalizer. Derivation by gender in Lithuanian / Solveiga Armoskaite ; Patterns of nominalization in Blackfoot / Martina Wiltschko.

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