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Selected Works of Robert J. Stainton
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Verbing and Nouning
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (2016)
  • Grace Gomashie
  • Robert J. Stainton
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Abstract
This brief encyclopedia entry addresses three questions: What are verbing and nouning? Why are they important for language evolution? And are prescriptive grammarians right to be so unreceptive?
Keywords
  • Verbing,
  • nouning,
  • zero-derivation,
  • conversion
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
Editor
Todd Shackelford and Viviana Weekes-Shackelford
Publisher
Springer
Publisher Statement
Uncorrected proofs
Citation Information
Grace Gomashie and Robert J. Stainton. "Verbing and Nouning" Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robertstainton/135/