Nominalization and the inheritance of argument structure

Abstract

In this paper we analyse the complements of nominals derived from verbal sterms by more productive suffixes. We try to establish rules which connect these complements with the complements of the corresponding verbs. We established that the most consistent correspondence with verbal complements could be noticed in nominals which retain the meaning of verbal action or its result. Nominals with the meaning of concrete objects and things often change the rection of complements of their verbal bases, especially if they denote simple tools.

Poredeći rekcione odlike naših deverbativnih imenica s rekcionim svojstvima njima odgovarajućih glagola, autor ovog rada utvrđuje koje okolnosti pogoduju u tom pogledu očekivanoj saobraznosti, a koje, naprotiv, nesaglasju...