Evaluative morphology in the verbal domain: Complex verbs suffixed with -kVdik in Hungarian

• Boglárka Németh ^[1] ; Anna Sőrés ^[2]
  1. [1] Babeș-Bolyai University

     Babeș-Bolyai University

     Rumanía

     
  2. [2] Université Lyon
• Localización: Studies in language: International Journal Sponsored by The Foundation "Foundations of Language", ISSN 0378-4177, Vol. 42, Nº 1, 2018, págs. 202-225
• Idioma: inglés
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  • So far, evaluative morphology has received less attention in the verbal domain than in the nominal and adjectival ones. This paper shows that – besides frequentative morphemes like -gAt and preverbs like tele- ‘full’, le- ‘down’, fel ‘up’, etc. – in Hungarian events can be evaluated by means of the verbalizer suffix -kVdik. This formation is unusual in evaluative morphology since it is a category-changing operation. The suffix -kVdik can be attached to adjectives and to nouns expressing a profession or an occupation. Depending on the speaker’s intention, the morphologically complex verb suffixed with -kVdik can attribute to the activity an evaluative, mostly pejorative meaning. The paper suggests that this phenomenon goes beyond evaluative morphology and can be better analyzed in terms of morphopragmatics.