The Lexicogrammatical Profile of Non-agentive Deverbal -er Nominals: A Usage-based Approach
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Título: | The Lexicogrammatical Profile of Non-agentive Deverbal -er Nominals: A Usage-based Approach |
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Autor/es: | Guerrero Medina, Pilar | Palma Gutiérrez, Macarena |
Palabras clave: | Agentive | Non-agentive | Cognitive-functional | Deverbal -er nominals | Middle | Usage-based |
Fecha de publicación: | jul-2023 |
Editor: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa |
Cita bibliográfica: | Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses. 2023, 39: 87-107. https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2023.39.04 |
Resumen: | In this paper we analyse the lexicogrammatical profile of 30 non-agentive deverbal -er nominalisations, showing that the different semantic types that middle structures instantiate in Heyvaert’s (2003) usage-based classification (i.e., facility-, quality-, feasibility-, destinyand result-oriented) can be systematically found among the non-agentive -er nominals in our corpus. Following Lemmens (1998) and Heyvaert (2001, 2003), we believe that a detailed analysis of the type of base verbs used in deverbal -er formations is necessary to provide a more accurate classification on a lexicogrammatical basis. A basic distinction is thus made between -er nominals that profile patientive participants and -er nominals that designate circumstantial participants. Patientive nominalisations include Goal-profiling derivations based on transitive verbs, such as Freerider or scratcher, as well as Medium-profiling formations derived from ergative verbs, such as best-seller, top-seller and broiler, where the profiled entities can be said to co-participate in the process. Circumstantial nominalisations (mostly derived from intransitive verbs) include Location-profiling formations, like two-seater or bed-sitter, and Instrumental-profiling formations, such as baby jumper or tourer. We have conducted a qualitative corpus-based analysis in order to examine the lexico-semantic and lexico-paradigmatic profile of 30 deverbal -er nominalisations in present-day English. Using the Concordance section of Sketch Engine in the enTenTen20 corpus, we have been able to retrieve a total of 2,847 contextualised examples, including agentive and non-agentive instantiations. |
Patrocinador/es: | This article is associated with project PID2020-118349GB-I00, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, and Innovation, State Research Agency. We wish to thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments and stimulating suggestions for improvement. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/136645 |
ISSN: | 0214-4808 | 2171-861X (Internet) |
DOI: | 10.14198/raei.2023.39.04 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2023 Pilar Guerrero Medina & Macarena Palma Gutiérrez. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2023.39.04 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses - 2023, No. 39 |
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