Imenice i pridjevi
Nouns and andjectives
What can adjectives reveal about nouns?
Author(s): Matea Andrea BirtićSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: word formation; semantics; nominals with -ač; event-related adjectival tests;
Summary/Abstract: The paper applies the event-related adjectival tests, formed by Roy and Soare (2014), to the Croatian deverbal agentive nouns with the suffix -ač. Instrument, dispositional and episodic nominals were tested. Although instrument nominals are special in a way, some language evidence suggests that splitting agentive nouns in only two classes (episodic and dispositional), proposed by Alexiadou and Schäfer (2010), also makes sense.
Journal: Jezikoslovlje
- Issue Year: XVII/2016
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 339-359
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Croatian