ON THE ROLE OF THE SUFFIX IN NP-INTERNAL MOVEMENT

抄録

This study concerns itself with the relation between the suffix of a derived noun and the possibility of NP-internal movement. We will begin with a summary account of Roeper's (1987) study on inheritance of a verb's argument structure to that of its derived noun. Subsequently, three varieties of nominals that involve movement will be investigated from a morphological perspective. With respect to each nominal, the advantage of a morphological approach over semantic explanations will be demonstrated.