GERMAN DEVERBATIVES: FROM TAXIS FUNCTIONS TO THEIR ACTUALIZATION

Abstract

This article is devoted to the issue of taxis functions-potencies and functions-realizations of German deverbative nouns. Functions-potencies of deverbatives consist in their ability to take part in the actualization of various taxis categorical values of simultaneity and non-simultaneity (primary-taxis and secondarytaxis). Functions-realizations of deverbatives demonstrate when they function in statements with adverbial prepositions and in interaction with the taxis environment, constituted (in addition to prepositions) by verbs, as well as by various explicators (durative-aspective, phase, iterative, conditional). The study found that, in combination with the temporal prepositions während, bei, in, mit, nach, vor, seit, bis / bis zu, deverbatives of various lexical and derivational semantics actualize the primary taxis categorial meanings of simultaneity, precedence and following. When used with prepositions of other adverbial semantics (instrumental, conditional, final, causal, concessive, consecutive), German deverbatives show the ability to actualize secondary-taxis meanings of simultaneity (conditional, instrumental, final, causal, concessive, etc.). Prepositions of different semantics are prototypical components of the taxis environment and act as certain taxis markers. The ‘inventory’ of implemented taxis functions is quite diverse and variable. In addition to prepositions, it is determined by such constituents of the taxis environment as phasic verbs, as well as iterative, phasic and durative-aspect adverbials. Under the conditions of functioning in various taxis environments (in particular, phase-taxis, iterative-taxis, durative-taxis, etc.), German deverbatives realize various conjugate taxis meanings (iterative-primary-taxis, phase-primary-taxis, durativeprimary-taxis).