Degrees of lexicalization in Ancient Greek deverbal nouns
Degrees of lexicalization in Ancient Greek deverbal nouns
Based on the Homeric corpus this paper analyses the process of lexicalization in Ancient Greek deverbal nouns. The analysis shows that the meaning of deverbal nouns can be lexicalized to different degrees according to the same processes as those governing polysemy, i.e. metaphor and metonymy. Deverbal nouns will be placed on a double continuum, viz. from transparent to lexicalized meaning and from verbal to nominal features. Indeed the higher deverbal nouns are in the lexicalization scale the more they lose verbal features.
Keywords: deverbal nouns, lexicalization, Ancient Greek, suffixation, apophony, continuum, polysemy
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