Towards a Theory of Denominals

Adina Camelia Bleotu, Ph.D. (2015), Ca’ Foscari University, Venezia, is currently Teaching Assistant of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Bucharest. She has published several articles on denominals, trying to solve puzzling aspects related to denominal verb formation.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of Figures and Tables1 What is a Denominal Verb?1 Clarifying the Concept of Denominal Verb2 Denominal Verbs Are Derived from Roots: Evidence2 (Un)boundedness Effects of the Nominal Root in Noun-Incorporating Verbs: Insight from Romanian1 Aims2 Theoretical Background3 Methodology4 Data5 Conclusions3 An Overview of Various Approaches to Denominal Verbs1 Syntactic Approaches to Denominal Verbs2 A Semantico-Syntactic Approach: Mateu (2002)3 Morphological Approaches to Denominal Verbs4 A Spanning Account of Denominals in English and Romanian1 Defining Spanning2 Brody’s Mirror Theory (2000)3 Applying Spanning to Denominals5 Verbs Incorporating Themes, Pseudo-Agent Verbs and Verbs Displaying an Ambiguous Behaviour1 Theme Verbs2 Pseudo-Agent Verbs3 Weather Verbs6 Location, Locatum Verbs and the Locative Alternation in Romanian and English1 Aim2 Location Verbs3 Locatum Verbs4 The Locative Alternation5 Conclusion7 On Instrument Verbs1 Instrument Verbs: Definition and Examples2 Previous Accounts of Instrument Verbs3 A Phrasal Spell-Out Account of Instrument Verbs4 A Distributed Morphology Account5 A Spanning AccountConclusionAppendicesAppendix 1Appendix 2Bibliography