2015
(De)verbal modifiers in attribute plus noun collocations and compounds: verbs, deverbal nouns or suffixed adjectives?
VOGEL, RadekBasic information
Original name
(De)verbal modifiers in attribute plus noun collocations and compounds: verbs, deverbal nouns or suffixed adjectives?
Name in Czech
(De)verbální atributy v anglických rozvitých jmenných kolokacích a složeninách: slovesa, deverbální substantiva nebo deverbální adjektiva?
Authors
VOGEL, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
1. vyd. Zlín, From Theory to Practice 2013: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Vol. 5,September 5-6, 2013, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic, p. 63-78, 16 pp. 2015
Publisher
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Proceedings paper
Field of Study
60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form
printed version "print"
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14410/15:00089106
Organization unit
Faculty of Education
ISBN
978-80-7454-450-7
ISSN
UT WoS
000373408700004
Keywords (in Czech)
argument; atribut; báze; složenina; rozvíjející člen; jmenná fráze; sémantické role; sloveso
Keywords in English
argument; attribute; base; compound; modifier; noun phrase; semantic role; verb
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 13/1/2017 08:31, Dana Nesnídalová
V originále
English as an analytic language particularly poor in inflections and relatively poor in derivational suffixes does not often mark word classes by specific morphemes. On the contrary, one form of a word can be used in several grammatical functions, and an identical word form can have several meanings in several word classes. The frequent occurrence of conversion between word classes thus allows one form, often the base or simplest one, to perform several roles, and, at the same time, makes identification of its grammatically and semantically defined word class difficult, especially in multiword phrases functioning as a whole. The most frequent type of a noun phrase, Attr+N phrase, can thus be realised in several ways, with different word classes performing the function of syntactic attribute. This paper looks into a less frequent subtype of this phrase in English, one which uses semantically (de)verbal attribute, and tries to establish rules governing the choice between the two main options, using either the base form or a derived one (e.g., call centre vs. writing paper). Shedding light on this issue has practical application in mastering appropriate formation as well as correct understanding of English multiword phrases or terms (mostly nominal), which is an important skill in a non-native environment (especially in EAP) where English is used as a lingua franca.
