The semantics and morphology of deverbal nominals in Tshivenda

[摘要] ENGLISH SUMMARY: In Tshivenda deverbatives in class 1 may appear with a number of complementsand or adjuncts such as noun phrases and locatives. Morphological structure ofthese nouns can be established as well as the possible contribution of the variousdeverbative affixes to the meaning of the derived noun. The predicate argumentstructure of the verb from which the deverbative noun is derived is also looked at.The nouns in class 3 which are derived from verbs usually appear with the nominalsuffix or nominalizer [-01] which controls the internal argument of the verb fromwhich the noun is derived. On the other hand the prefix [mu-] refers to twodifferent processes which denote the result of the action or the event brought aboutby the presence of a certain verb. The result refers to something which happenbecause of an action or event and such result may include a variety of nouns.In all the various noun classes dealt with in this study, i.e. classes 5, 7, 9, 11, 14and 20, the suffix [-0] controls the internal argument and mostly refer to inanimatethings whereas the suffix [-i] controls the external argument and mostly refer toanimate beings.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University