An Empirical Study on English Nominalization Based on a Large Corpus

本研究的目的是通过使用大型语料库，从经验上揭示句法中发生名词化的条件。本研究项目的两项主要研究将概述如下。(1)《对优雅词汇的追求：以文体形式为例》这篇文章的目的是通过构词规则和条件，减少词典中所列项目的数量，派生出未注册的项目，从而获得经济词汇。具体来说，我们通过观察从大规模语料库中提取的- yl-ness形式表明，-ity被选择为某些基本形式，这阻碍了其竞争后缀的使用，并且创造性的构词法产生了某些类型的- city形式来填补词典的空缺。(2)“名词化在哪里发生？”本文的目的是从反词汇主义的角度对事件名词进行分析，并通过大规模语料库的检验对其进行验证。在说明名词化词汇主义存在的问题后，我们讨论了一种反词汇主义模式如何解决这些问题。最后，探讨了基于反词汇主义模型的词汇插入。

The aim of this research is to show empirically the conditions on nominalization made in syntax by using a large corpus. Two main studies in this research project will be outlined below.(1)"The Pursuit of the Elegant Lexicon : A Case Study of-ityl-ness Forms" The aim of this article is to show that the economical lexicon is obtained by reducing the number of items listed in the lexicon and deriving unregistered items through word formation rules and conditions. Specifically, we show, by observing-ityl-ness forms extracted from a large-scale corpus, that-ity is selected for certain base forms, which blocks the use of its rival suffix, and that creative devices of word formation produce certain types of-ity forms to fill up vacancies of the lexicon.(2)"Where Does Nominalization Take Place?-An Antilexicalim Model" The purpose of this article is to propose an analysis of event nominals from a viewpoint of antilexicalism and confirm it by inspecting a large-scale corpus. After illustrating problems for lexicalism on nominalization, we discuss how a model of antilexicalism solves these problems. Finally, lexical insertion based on the antilexicalism model is explored.