Aspectual Constraints on Noun Incorporation in Hungarian

Autor: Ferenc Kiefer, Boglárka Németh
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory ISBN: 9783319907093
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90710-9_2
Popis: This paper summarizes and expands on some earlier findings concerning noun incorporation in Hungarian. An incorporated construction comes about by juxtaposing a bare noun and a verb. The bare noun occupies a preverbal position. Incorporated constructions share some features with compounds: these constitute a single phonological unit, they easily get lexicalized, the bare noun is non-referential and non-modifiable. It will be argued that the eventuality designated by the incorporated construction has to be perceived as a recognizable unitary concept. Furthermore, it will be shown that the construction interacts with the aspectual properties of the verb in interesting ways: while activity and process verbs do admit the construction, it is normally blocked in the case of statives and accomplishment and achievement verbs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE