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Publication details [#20566]

Mackenzie, J. Lachlan. 1987. Nominalization and basic constituent ordening. In Hannay, Mike and Elseline Vester. Non-restrictive relatives and the representation of complex sentences. In : 39–52. : 93–105.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor | nominalization | state of affairs | word order

Annotation

An attempt to show that state of affairs nominalizations are a formal reflection of the metaphor whereby a state of affairs comes to be seen as an entity. Differences between languages in this respect are shown to be reflected in word order.