Rreth emërzimit kontekstual të mbiemrit në gjuhën shqipe
Contextual nominalization of the adjective in Albanian language

Summary/Abstract: We can distinguish three groups of nominalized adjectives in Albanian: (i) Adjectives that can be nominalized inside a certain text - contextual names; (ii) Adjectives that can be nominalized in a certain situation of communication - situational names; (in) Adjectives that can be nominalized independently from the text or the situation of communication - adjectival names. In this article, we offer a different approach from the prescriptive one of the traditional grammar to the case of the first group of nominalized adjectives in Albanian. Our main goal is to explain how the process of contextual nominalization is realized and under which syntactic restrictions it takes place. To get nominalized an adjective must be in attributive relation to the noun inside a DP, and the noun itself must be object of ellipsis. In that case the adjective moves to the D° position of DP to join there the definite or indefinite determiner. This leads to a hybrid construction, in which the adjective has joined the flective endings of the name. This construction can be subject of the sentence, complement, object and prepositional complement. The adjective can be modified by comparative adverbs (me i madhi “the bigger”) which is an indication of its adjectival status, while the modification by adjectives and relative clauses is an indication of noun status (/ vogli i qethur shkiirt, e madhja që rrinte ulur). This construction is obtained in discourse, so we have to take in consideration textual factors that influence the process of nominalization.

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