Knowledge base · Part XIII — Nominalization, Relativization, and Complementation · this topic as a network

102. Lexical-Head and Formal-Noun Nominalization (kur, uske, ruwe/hawe/siri/humi)

How does the language form nominalized clauses using a nominal head after a finite verb?

Overview

How are nominalized clauses formed by placing a formal noun after a finite predicate?

Nominalizers of a more concrete nature include kur 'the person who', plural utar 'the people who', pe 'the thing which', usi/uske 'the place where', and hita 'the time when'. (Refsing 1986: 265) The nominalizers kur, utar, pe, and usi/uske are more noun-like than other nominalizers in that they can also be modified by adnominal demonstratives. (Refsing 1986: 265) Morphemes such as kotom, ruwe, hawe, and hita are classified as nominalizers. (Refsing 1986: 34)

Division of labour across the inventory

How do formal nouns divide labour in nominalization based on semantic category?

The nominalizer siri may be used after action verbs to mean the 'way of action' when followed by a descriptive expression. (Refsing 1986: 263)

hi — semantic range and the place/time split

What is the semantic range of hi, including its place/time readings?

Sensory-noun formal nouns as perception-complement heads

How do sensory formal nouns head complement clauses after perception verbs?

humi and katu function as nominalizers. (Refsing 1986: 34)

Lexicalized formal-noun nominalizations and the RC–compound boundary

How do relative-clause nominalizations become lexicalized nouns?

The nominalizers pokon and kotom indicate that the preceding verb describes how things appear to the speaker, not necessarily how they really are. (Refsing 1986: 263) The nominalizer pokon often indicates that the appearance of things is due to pretence on the part of the agent. (Refsing 1986: 263)