Abstract
Abstract In this book it is argued that verbal nouns, defined as nouns that have a correspondence with a clause structure, retain some verbal properties, namely expression or implication of arguments (obligatory constituents), inherent temporality or relationship with time, and voice value. They must be distinguished from the use of these nouns with concrete reference because they behave in a different way. Functions fulfilled by verbal nouns are examined in various text types (narrative texts, treatises on rhetoric and architecture, and legal texts). The distinction between a verbal meaning and a concrete meaning is especially important in technical treatises. Verbal nouns compete with non-finite verb forms (gerunds, gerundives, participial clauses, and infinitives). Their interchangeability can be observed in particular at the noun phrase level.
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