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Complex denominal verbs in German and the morphology-semantics interface

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Yearbook of Morphology 1997

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Abstract

Previous studies of denominai verbs (e.g. Marchand 1964, Clark & Clark 1979, Wunderlich 1987) have shown that they do not have arbitrary meanings, unless they are highly lexicalized, but pattern systematically. Clark & Clark mention the following patterns of denominal verbs in English:

  1. a.

    locatum verbs: blanket the bed, roof the house, jam the scones, spice the food...

  2. b.

    location verbs: ground the planes, bench the players, headquarter the troops...

  3. c.

    instrument verbs: to bike, mop the floor, trumpet the music, to cable...

  4. d.

    goal verbs: fool the man, orphan the children, sucker the public, pile the money...

  5. e.

    agent verbs: butcher the cow, police the park, pilot the ship, to soldier...

  6. f.

    duration verbs: summer in France, winter in California, weekend at the cabin...

  7. g.

    experiencer verbs: witness the accident, boycott the store, badger the officials

  8. h.

    source verbs: piece the quilt together, word the sentence, letter the sign

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    Barbara Stiebels

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Stiebels, B. (1998). Complex denominal verbs in German and the morphology-semantics interface. In: Booij, G., Van Marle, J. (eds) Yearbook of Morphology 1997. Yearbook of Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4998-3_10

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