Word- or root-derived? A semantic test for instrumental denominal verbs in Italian

Denominal verbs, in spite of their name, can be derived from either a noun or a root. In non-morphologically transparent languages, only semantic cues help distinguish the two classes, i.e., the entailment of existence of the corresponding noun (Kiparsky 1982, 1997). In this work, we present a nove...

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Main Authors: Alice Suozzi, Anna Cardinaletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2024-12-01
Series:Isogloss
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/412
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