Article published in:
Spanish Word Formation and Lexical CreationEdited by José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia and Susana Rodríguez Rosique
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 1] 2011
► pp. 21–42
Instrumental verb formation
A conceptual approach
Javier Bolaños Navalón | University of Alicante
This chapter deals with instrumental denominal verbs. After examining some general aspects of denominal verbalization processes, on both a morphological and semantic level, it focuses on instrumental formations. Some previous theories on the concept of instrument are briefly revised in order to test their validity for the analysis of a corpus of instrumental verbs. The paper goes on to conclude that it is essential to bear in mind the distinction between instrument and instrumental construction, as well as the process of conceptual conflation inserted in the lexeme itself in order to deal with these verbs. This article consequently offers a classification based on a semantic, conceptual model. Keywords: instrument; instrumental construction; instrumental denominal verbs; denominal verbalization; conflation
Published online: 15 December 2011
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.1.02nav
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.1.02nav