Naslov
Nominals with the suffix -ač in Croatian

Autori
Birtić, Matea Andrea

Izvornik
Acta Linguistica Hungarica (1216-8076) 62 (2015), 4; 415-445

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
suffix -ač; Croatian; word formation; eventivity; nouns; Distributed Morphology

Sažetak
The paper presents an analysis of Croatian agentive nominals with the suffix -ač within the Distributed Morphology approach, adopting and applying Alexiadou & Schäfer's (2010) model. The internal morphological structure of the -ač nouns, and their eventive properties were considered in detail. The analysis has shown that the eventive/non-eventive properties of -ač nouns do not depend on animacy, but rather on the episodic vs. dispositional distinction. However, instrument nominals are distinguished from animate nominals in some respects. Croatian -ač nouns exhibit properties that cannot be completely captured by the framework adopted.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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