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Studies in Language
Vol. 47:4 (2023) ► pp.957–988

Simulative derivations in crosslinguistic perspective and their diachronic sources

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This article deals with simulative derivations, meaning ‘pretend (to be) X’, where X stands for a verb or a noun. It shows that these derivations have three main origins: incorporation, denominal derivation and combination of reflexive and causative. It also systematically discusses the corresponding analytic constructions.
Keywords: simulative, pretence, causative, reflexive, incorporation, denominal verbalization
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Basic definitions
  • 3.Predicative simulative derivations
    • 3.1Overview
    • 3.2Verbal vs. nominal base forms
    • 3.3Transitivity
    • 3.4Non-simulative meanings
      • 3.4.1Similative
      • 3.4.2Errative
      • 3.4.3Desiderative
      • 3.4.4Negation
    • 3.5Reduplication
    • 3.6Data collection
  • 4.Verbal compounds and incorporation
    • 4.1Verb compounding
    • 4.2Incorporation of simulee
    • 4.3Incorporation of simulative marker
  • 5.Predicative simulatives from nominal compounds
    • 5.1Simulative action nominals
    • 5.2Verbalization of non-predicative simulative compounds
  • 6.Reflexive and reciprocal
    • 6.1Reflexive and causative
      • 6.1.1Simulative and auto-estimative
    • 6.2Reflexive and incorporation
    • 6.3Reflexive and instrumental
    • 6.4Reciprocal
    • 6.5Fossilized reflexive
    • 6.6Reflexive in analytic simulative constructions
  • 7.Combination with other derivations and inflections
    • 7.1Valency-increasing derivations
    • 7.2Double exponence of reflexive
    • 7.3Negation
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
Published online: 24 January 2023
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