Nominalizations, functional structure, and argument structure
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Μαγιώνος, Γεώργιος
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The main aim of this dissertation is to shed light to some aspects of the syntactic phenomenon of nominalization in Standard Modern Greek (SMG). More specifically, to show how certain (acategorical or verbal) roots interact with (nominal) functional elements and what the consequences of this interaction are, when it comes to argument structure. In Chapter 1, I will offer a brief history of nominalization thus far, present what has motivated me to explore this subject and refer to a series of theoretical prerequisites that will be useful throughout the dissertation i.e. the architecture of the grammatical system, the way the category of a given lexical / syntactic item is determined and the interaction between functional structure and argument structure. Chapter 2 will be devoted to more specific issues pertaining to nominalizations, namely the (re-)categorization of certain syntactic items during the syntactic derivation of nominalizations and how argument structure is to be “encoded” in nominalization constructions. In Chapter 3, I will present the main findings of my analysis, followed by discussion and proposals for further research.
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Argument structure, Functional structure, Nominalization, Roots, Syntactic categories