Based on extensive and diverse material from seventy languages and covering arange of previously undiscussed problems <strong>Nominalizations</strong> provides ... » 

Based on extensive and diverse material from seventy languages and covering arange of previously undiscussed problems Nominalizations provides a thoroughanalysis of how nominalization types interact with other structural features.It focuses on action nominal constructions and in particular the comparisonof their syntactic theories. Supported by rich empirical material andillustrated with examples from all the sample languages the book provides adetailed basis for constructing a typology of derived constructions and forpresenting crosslinguistic comparisons. The authors research findings showthat no language has syntactic means which are exclusively used in actionnominal constructions giving support to the view that constructions whichappear later in language acquisition and development are modelled as far aspossible on already existing constructions.Nominalizations also contains a detailed discussion of related phenomena suchas subordination and finiteness across languages. Demonstrating the complexityof the relations between noun verb and intermediate categories the results ofthe book have important implications for the study of parts of speech. Thisbook will be invaluable for typologists and for linguists working on morphologyand syntax. «