영어 동사파생명사의 사건과 결과 해석에 따른 동사 어기의 의미적 특성

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the semantic properties of the base verbs in English deverbal nominals. The meanings of the deverbal nominals can be classified into an event, a result and both. An event interpretation simply transposes the verbal meaning, and a result interpretation refers to a result or outcome of an event. In this research, it is assumed that a certain class of verbs, which are particularly the base verbs of the deverbal nominals, yields the event and result interpretation in their deverbal nominals, therefore, identifying the semantic similarities of these deverbal nominals. Data sources are extracted from the British National Corpus. Levin’s English Verbs Classes are used for data analysis. The findings showed that the base verbs which hold both an event and a result interpretation, and which hold a result interpretation in their deverbal nominals are related to the change of entity, specifically the change of attribute. Meanwhile, the base verbs which hold an event interpretation are related to the attribute or property of the entity.