抄録
Since Grimshaw (1990), many studies on nominalization have shared the view that deverbal nouns can be classified into complex event nominals and result nominals. However, there is a disagreement on the relationship between the two types of nominals. Some argue, but others deny, that result nominals are derived depending on the corresponding complex event nominals. Based on a diachronic survey of deverbal nouns, this paper shows that the two types of nominals are separately derived. In particular, this paper, adapting Emonds’ (2000, 2005) bifurcated lexical model, argues that they are independent in the sense that complex event nominals are derivatives, but result nominals are compounds with a semi-lexical element in head position.
