Abstract
In this paper, I show that Embick’s (2010) cyclic head approach to regular morphology alone cannot account for the freely available variations in the realization of nominalizers in English nominalizations involving overt verbalizers. Instead, I offer an account of the regularity effects using the technology of Local Dislocation (Embick and Noyer 2001, Embick and Marantz 2008, Embick 2007a, 2007b). Using this analysis, I derive both the variable nominalization patterns and the restrictions on particles and results in derived nominals from Sichel (2010). By treating regularity as the by-product of extant morphosyntatic operations, we can better explain the distribution of regular and irregular nominalizers and account for particle/result restrictions in English derived nominals.
Recommended Citation
Punske, Jeffrey. "Cyclicity versus Movement: English Nominalization and Syntactic Approaches to Morpho-phonological Regularity." Canadian Journal of Linguistics 61, No. 01 (Mar 2016): 68-97. doi:10.1353/cjl.2016.0000.