- Tytuł:
- Reading the reading of the gerund: the share of non-eventive interpretations of -ing nominals
- Autorzy:
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Ptok, Aleksandra
Szcześniak, Konrad - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2051102.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2019
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
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historical linguistics
participle-gerund construction
gradience - Opis:
- The present paper focuses on the changing interpretations of the English gerund. Since no method can accurately and uniformly account for the meanings of all instances of existing -ing forms, previous studies have offered approximate characterizations based on small samples. This study looks at the numbers of -ing derivations denoting institutionalized activities, on the assumption that these represent non-eventive readings. The derivations in question are arranged chronologically in terms of their time of coinage to compare changing productivity levels of this process relative to -ry derivations. This count shows that -ing suffi xations outnumber other nominalization processes and this trend has increased in the last two centuries.
- Źródło:
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Linguistica Silesiana; 2019, 40; 157-172
0208-4228 - Pojawia się w:
- Linguistica Silesiana
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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