Download or read book The Semantics of Nominalizations across Languages and Frameworks written by Monika Rathert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume explores the semantics of nominalizations from different theoretical points of view: formal and lexical semantics, cognitive-functional grammar, lexical-functional grammar, discourse representation theory. Data from a variety of languages are taken into account, including Hungarian, Italian, French, German and English. The papers discuss the semantics of distinct readings of nominalizations and meaning differences observed between competing affixes.