Denominal verb-formation in English, Dutch and German. A comparative corpus-based study

Denominal verb-formation is an umbrella term referring to various morphological processes that derive verbs on the basis of nouns, such as conversion (e.g. English bottleN > bottleV), prefixation (e.g. Dutch armN ‘arm’ > om-armenV ‘embrace’) and suffixation (e.g. German KatapultN ‘catapult’ > katapult-ierenV ‘catapult’). Languages do not show the same proportions in the use of the different patterns of denominal word formation (cf. Štekauer et al. 2012). For example, ‘easy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that make... Mehr ...