Corpus–based Research into Derivational Morphology: A Comparative Study of Japanese and English Verbalization

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F25%3AJYCVPVIX" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/25:JYCVPVIX - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://aclanthology.org/2024.clib-1.18" target="_blank" >https://aclanthology.org/2024.clib-1.18</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Corpus–based Research into Derivational Morphology: A Comparative Study of Japanese and English Verbalization

Original language description

As part of elucidating the syntax-morphology interaction, this study investigates where and how complex verbs are formed in Japanese and English. Focusing on the Japanese verb-forming suffix -ka-suru (e.g. toshi-o gendai-ka-suru `modernize city'), relevant verbs are extracted from a large-scale corpus and they receive an in-depth analysis from semantic, morphosyntactic, and functional viewpoints. The properties of -ka-suru and those of its English counterpart are then compared and contrasted. The result reveals three main points: (i) -ka-suru verbs are constantly created in syntactic settings to fulfill the functions of brevity and conceptualization, (ii) while denominal -ize derivatives have several submeanings such as `result,' `ornative,' and `agentive,' -ka-suru equivalents retain the meaning `result,' and (iii) -ka-suru can be combined with compound nouns, but -ize cannot. We will demonstrate that the above features originate in the underlying syntactic structure related to each suffix and their difference, thus supporting the thesis of syntactic word formation. (1) ji-kokumin-o moomai-ka-suru one's-people-ACC ignorant-change-do `make one's people ignorant' (2) shinikaketa momiji-o bonsai-ka-suru dying maple-ACC bonsai-change-do `turn a dying maple into a bonsai'

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Linguistics in Bulgaria (CLIB 2024)

ISBN

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ISSN

2367-5578

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

178-186

Publisher name

Department of Computational Linguistics, Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Place of publication

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Event location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Event date

Jan 1, 2025

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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