Acta Linguistica Hungarica
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Volume 56: Issue 1
On the -Ás suffix: Word formation in the syntax?
Author:
Tibor LaczkóUniversity of Debrecen Department of English Linguistics P.O. Box 73 H-4010 Debrecen Hungary

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Pages:
23–114
Online Publication Date:
27 Mar 2009
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2009
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/aling.56.2009.1.2
Keywords:
generative grammar; nominalization; lexical-functional grammar; morpho-syntax; lexicon
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In this paper I discuss Kenesei’s (2005) syntactic derivational approach to -Á s complex event nominals in Hungarian, and I compare it with previous lexicalist analyses. I demonstrate that the facts that, according to Kenesei, call for a syntactic analysis (e.g., binding and control phenomena, anti-agreement, negation, and aspect) can be captured in an appropriately developed lexicalist framework with at least the same degree of efficiency, consistency and in a sufficiently principled manner. I outline the most important aspects of such an analysis in the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar. I also point out that there are additional considerations which support a lexical treatment.

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