Nominalizations have remained in the center of linguistic discussion at least since 1960, and
one might be correct in stating that they are still much of a puzzle. In this paper, I offer a …

In this paper we focus on the ability of ArgumentSupporting Nominalizations (ASNs) to
realizemorphological plural. We think that this aspect of their behavior isinstrumental in our …

One of the main problems that a syntactic approach for word formation encounters is the fact
that apparently equivalent affixes compete to derive words of a certain class, in such a way …

Spanish Verbalisations and the Internal Structure of Lexical Predicates provides the first
comprehensive and empirically detailed theoretical analysis of the different ways in which …

I analyze Romance syntactic complex predicates (faire-infinitive causatives, periphrastic
tenses and restructuring), and propose the unification of these phenomena usually thought …

This paper deals with the morpho-syntactic properties of Spanish verbs formed by-ear
affixation (EAV henceforth). These include deadjectival (eg amarillear 'to go yellow') …

Abstract Some Complex Event Nominals (CENs) like the Romanian infinitive contradict the
generalization in Grimshaw (1990) according to which CENs do not pluralize. But many …

Este trabajo pasa revista a dos creencias comunes en la lingüística histórica: que el cambio
que tuvo éxito en algún segmento del pasado y es de uso común en nuestros días ha …

Nominalizations are complex words, which, under a classic view of the architecture of the
language faculty, belong to the domain of word structure, or morphology. In the simplest …

In languages such as French, it is possible to derive from nouns or adjectives unergative
verbs that intuitively describe ways of behaving, for example, diplomatiser 'behave like a …