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SUMMARY:The Domain of Content - Hagit Borer (Queen Mary\, University of Lo
 ndon)
DTSTART:20121122T170000Z
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CONTACT:Alison Biggs
DESCRIPTION:An investigation of the properties of derived nominals (Comple
 x Event Nominals in the sense of Grimshaw\, 1990) reveals a number of rath
 er surprising facts.  First\, derived nominals with non-compositional Cont
 ent (or Sense) cannot be Argument Structure nominals (Complex Event Nomina
 ls in the sense of Grimshaw\, 1990)\, contrasting\, as such\, with identic
 al morpho-phonological forms which do happen to have compositional Content
  (e.g. transformation in its technical linguistic sense vs. transformation
  as transparently composed from transform).  Second\, Argument Structure n
 ominals\, but not necessarily others\, must embed a constituent that is ot
 herwise a possible independent verb\, thereby making e.g. aviation\, ficti
 on and petulance perfectly licit derived nominals\, but not with an embedd
 ed event structure.\n \nThe contrasts\, as it turns out\, cannot be accoun
 ted for by a lexicalist theory of word formation\, nor can they be explain
 ed by appealing to any model in which roots are allowed to select argument
 s.  The contrasts\, however\, can be derived within a wholly syntactic app
 roach to argument structure and to the formation of complex words\, in whi
 ch the domain of non-compositional Content (atomic Content) is defined on 
 the basis of structurally delimited\, phonologically realized\, syntactic 
 constituents\, and is crucially accessible by phase.  The argumentation an
 d the conclusions will thus point towards a system of complex word constru
 ction which must be syntactic.  It will further points towards the need to
  revise at least some aspects of our understanding concerning the interact
 ion between sound\, and specifically phonological realization\, and meanin
 g\, the latter specifically as in Content.  
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Old Court\, Queens' College
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