%0 Journal Article
%A Kristel Van Goethem
%A Nikos Koutsoukos
%D 2022
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%J Zeitschrift für Wortbildung / Journal of Word Formation
%@ 2367-3877
%N 1
%V 6
%T How typology shapes the constructional network: Denominal verb constructions in English, Dutch and German
%R 10.3726/zwjw.2022.01.01
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1216200
%X This study proposes a cross-linguistic, corpus-based, and constructionist analysis of denominal verbs (DNVs) in English, Dutch and German. DNV constructions include various morphological construction types, such as conversion (e.g. English bottle > to bottle), prefixation (e.g. Dutch arm ‘arm’ > omarmen ‘to embrace’) and suffixation (e.g. German Katapult ‘catapult’ > katapultieren ‘to catapult’). We investigate the correlation between the distribution of DNV constructions and the typological properties of the languages, focusing on boundary permeability, inflectional complexity, syntactic configurationality and word-class assignment. The study shows that, although the three languages have the same repertoire of DNV constructions at their disposal, a Germanic cline can be detected in their preferences for non-overt vs overt marking of the word-class change. As such, the study highlights the impact of typological factors on the shape of language-specific constructional networks.
%K denominal verbs, Construction Morphology, corpus analysis, comparative analysis, English, Dutch, German