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Tovena, Lucia M. and Donazzan, Marta (2017). Italian - ata event nouns and the nomen vicis interpretation. Ital. J. Linguist., 29 (1). S. 75 - 100. PISA: PACINI EDITORE. ISSN 1120-2726

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Abstract

Nomina vicis are nouns that denote in a domain of acts, free from considerations of temporal localisation. This paper tries to substantiate this notion by looking at Italian -ata event nouns, and deriving features of this reading from characteristics of these nominalisations. Event nouns ending in -ata are simple event nouns with no argument structure and yet they are endowed with the capacity of characterising an act, which is a dynamic, durative and bounded manifestation of an event property, and of affecting the full expression of such a characterisation when the noun is inserted in argumental position or under a light verb. A detailed examination of the semantic trace of an initiator within the nominalisation, and of aspectual and eventive conditions associated with it leads us to propose that the -ata suffix contributes an active semantic constraint on potential external arguments that, in turn, supports the eventive only and referential only reading of the nominal.*

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tovena, Lucia M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Donazzan, Marta UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-244944
DOI:	10.26346/1120-2726-103
Journal or Publication Title:	Ital. J. Linguist.
Volume:	29
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 75 - 100
Date:	2017
Publisher:	PACINI EDITORE
Place of Publication:	PISA
ISSN:	1120-2726
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ARGUMENTS Multiple languages Linguistics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24494