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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Internalization''' is a [[process]] by which the [[external argument]] of the [[base]] becomes the [[internal argument]] of the derived word. Internalization has two stages. First, the addition of a new external argument, and then [[demotion]] of the old external argument to internal position.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the English adjective ''modern'' has the external argument theme (''the factory is modern''). If the verbal suffix -''ize'' is added, this theme argument becomes the internal argument due to the fact that -''ize'' itself supplies the external argument agent (''they modernized the factory'').<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Internalization&amp;lemmacode=687 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Di Sciullo, A. M. and E. Williams 1987. ''On the Definition of Word,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.<br /> * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.<br /> * Williams, E. 1981b. ''Argument Structure and Morphology,'' The Linguistic Review 1, pp. 81-114<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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