Towards a theory of denominals : a look at incorporation, phrasal spell-out and spanning / / Adina Camelia Bleotu.

• Superior document: Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory; volume14
• VerfasserIn: Bleotu, Adina Camelia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory; volume14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 pages).

In Towards a Theory of Denominals, Adina Camelia Bleotu takes a comparative look at denominal verbs in English and Romanian from various theoretical frameworks such as lexical decomposition, distributed morphology, nanosyntax and spanning. The book proposes a novel spanning analysis, arguing for its explanatory superiority to incorporation/conflation or nanosyntax in accounting for the formation and behaviour of denominals. It provides useful empirical insights, drawing from rich data from English discussed widely in the relevant literature, but also presenting novel data from Romanian not explored in detail before. Many interesting theoretical issues are also discussed, such as the (lack of) correlation between the (un)boundedness of the nominal root and the (a)telicity of the resulting verb, the verb/ satellite-framed distinction and others.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Editorial Foreword / Brian D. Joseph -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- What is a Denominal Verb? -- (Un)boundedness Effects of the Nominal Root in Noun-Incorporating Verbs: Insight from Romanian -- An Overview of Various Approaches to Denominal Verbs -- A Spanning Account of Denominals in English and Romanian -- Verbs Incorporating Themes, Pseudo-Agent Verbs and Verbs Displaying an Ambiguous Behaviour -- Location, Locatum Verbs and the Locative Alternation in Romanian and English -- On Instrument Verbs -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index.