Chomsky: Remarks on Nominalization: Derived and Gerundive Nominals

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Anthologies
Cover of the book Chomsky: Remarks on Nominalization: Derived and Gerundive Nominals by Nadja Jurk, GRIN Verlag
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Nadja Jurk ISBN: 9783638129367
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: June 9, 2002
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Nadja Jurk
ISBN: 9783638129367
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: June 9, 2002
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Stuttgart (Institute for Linguistics), course: Topics in the Syntax-Morphology Interface, 2 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction The American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky is seen as one of the most important developers of language theories. He has composed and published many literary works that have been dispersed worldwide. He has worked to further the study and understanding of linguistics from both the biological and psychological perspective. This termpaper mainly refers to Chomsky's essay 'Remarks on Nominalization' , published in 1970. In this essay he discusses the major structural differences between 'gerunds' ( verbal nouns like in 'John being easy to please', or 'John interesting the children with his stories') and 'derived nominals' (regular nouns like in 'the destruction of the city'). 'Among various types of nominal expressions in English there are two of particular importance, each roughly of propositional form...the gerundive nominals...and the derived nominals...' In my termpaper I am going to comment exactly on those two linguistic phenomenons: gerundive nominals vs. derived nominals. In order to comprehend Chomsky's analysis I will have to provide some general assumptions about syntax, the lexicon and the approaches Chomsky uses in his article. [...]

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Stuttgart (Institute for Linguistics), course: Topics in the Syntax-Morphology Interface, 2 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction The American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky is seen as one of the most important developers of language theories. He has composed and published many literary works that have been dispersed worldwide. He has worked to further the study and understanding of linguistics from both the biological and psychological perspective. This termpaper mainly refers to Chomsky's essay 'Remarks on Nominalization' , published in 1970. In this essay he discusses the major structural differences between 'gerunds' ( verbal nouns like in 'John being easy to please', or 'John interesting the children with his stories') and 'derived nominals' (regular nouns like in 'the destruction of the city'). 'Among various types of nominal expressions in English there are two of particular importance, each roughly of propositional form...the gerundive nominals...and the derived nominals...' In my termpaper I am going to comment exactly on those two linguistic phenomenons: gerundive nominals vs. derived nominals. In order to comprehend Chomsky's analysis I will have to provide some general assumptions about syntax, the lexicon and the approaches Chomsky uses in his article. [...]

More books from GRIN Verlag

Cover of the book Das System von Bretton Woods - ein Kurzüberblick by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Verhandlungsmoral als Folge von Individualisierung by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Heide Wunder, Er ist die Sonn', sie ist der Mond. Frauen in der Frühen Neuzeit by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Die Rolle von Sozialarbeitern im Krankenhaus in Verbindung mir der Entwicklung und Einrichtung von Case-Management - Projekten - Ein Anforderungsvergleich by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Is He a Monster? - Caliban in William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Zwischenergebniseliminierung nach Unternehmensgesetzbuch (UGB) und International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Die Bedeutung von Gottes Wort in meinem Leben by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Der Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm: Fluch oder Segen des Jangtse by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Aktienrecht: Praxis, Rechtsprechung und Gesetzgebung bis zur Reform von 1965 by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Effektive Personalauswahlverfahren für den Pflegesektor by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Didaktisch-methodische Vermittlung von Beinschwungbewegungen am Beispiel by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Die Sophisten Protagoras und Gorgias by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Maßgeblichkeitsprinzipmythos - Vom Schein (Unterschied) zwischen dem handelsrechtlichen vorsichtigen und dem steuerrechtlichen vollen Gewinn by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Dialect Illustration of Indian English by Nadja Jurk
Cover of the book Führungsethik. Vom Theorieansatz zur praktischen Handlungsanleitung by Nadja Jurk
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy