Abstract
Abstract In this final empirical chapter, it is shown that nominal and verbal gerunds differ in terms of their preferences for the type of verb that forms the head of nominal and verbal gerunds, with the more clause-like verbal gerund being more likely to be formed with a semantically light—and hence highly conceptually dependent—verb (e.g. Taking a shower vs. *The taking of a shower). Chapter 7, finally, also considers the semantic differences and similarities between ing-nominals with nominal and clausal structure from a broader perspective, including deverbal nominalizations in -ing that do not refer to events (and hence are not traditionally considered as nominal gerunds).
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