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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Gerunds''' are deverbal [[nouns]] which inherit the [[subcategorization properties]] of the corresponding verbs. Moreover, gerunds appear in syntactic positions typical for nouns, although their behaviour is strictly speaking verbal in nature.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> English verbs have a gerundive counterpart ending in the suffix -''ing'' (cf. (ii)). These nominalizations in -''ing'', like verbs, can be modified by adverbials, while nouns can only be modified by adjectives (cf. (iii)):<br /> <br /> (i) Tom critized the book<br /> Tom sarcastically criticized the book<br /> (ii) Tom's criticizing the book<br /> Tom's sarcastically/*sarcastic criticizing the book<br /> (iii) Tom's criticism of the book<br /> Tom's *sarcastically/sarcastic criticism of the book<br /> <br /> '''Gerund'''s are also called verbal nouns.<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Gerund&amp;lemmacode=722 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Chomsky, N. 1970. ''Remarks on Nominalization,'' in: Jacobs, R. and P. Rosenbaum (eds.) Readings in English Transformational Grammar, Blaisdell, Waltham, MA.<br /> * Scalise, S. 1984. ''Generative Morphology,'' Foris, Dordrecht.<br /> * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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