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Icelandic Nominalization Fragment #

@cite{wood-2023} @cite{wood-2015}

Icelandic deverbal nominalizations built with the suffixes -un, -an, -ing, -sla, and -naður. @cite{wood-2023} Ch. 3 establishes that -un is the most productive nominalizer, and that nominalizations can receive CEN (Complex Event Nominal), SEN (Simple Event Nominal), or RN (Result/Referring Nominal) readings depending on the allosemes of v and n in the structure [nP n [vP v √ROOT]].

This fragment provides lexical entries for key Icelandic nominalizations, connecting them to the -st verb data in Predicates.lean.

Icelandic nominalizing suffixes. All spell out n in different morphological contexts — they are NOT different functional heads (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 2 (2.1), Ch. 3).

The book lists: -un, -ing, -sla, -stur, -a, -n, -Ø, -ð, plus others (-aður, -ning). This fragment covers the most common ones.

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      An Icelandic deverbal nominalization entry.

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            opnun 'opening' — from opna 'open' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 3, Ch. 5). CEN: opnun dyranna tók langan tíma 'the opening of the door took a long time' RN: opnunin var þöng 'the opening was narrow'

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              söfnun 'collection' — from safna 'collect' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 5). CEN: söfnun á sýnum 'collecting of samples' The running example in Ch. 5 for argument structure in CENs.

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                þvottur 'washing' — from þvo 'wash' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 6). CEN: þvo-ttur Guðrúnar á fötunum 'Guðrún's washing of the clothes' SEN: Þvo-ttur-inn tók langan tíma 'The washing took a long time' RN: Þvo-ttur-inn á að fara í vélina 'The laundry should go in the machine' Key example: all three readings available.

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                  misheyrn 'mishearing' — from misheyrast 'mishear' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 5). Subject-experiencer -st verb; nominalization retains experiencer semantics via Poss head.

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                    vöntun 'need/want' — from vanta 'need' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 5). Ambiguous between target and experiencer interpretations: vöntun góðs starfsfólks can mean 'need for good employees' (target) or 'the company's need' (experiencer).

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                      viðvörun 'warning' — from viðvara 'warn' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 6). CEN: viðvörun Guðrúnar á hættunni 'Guðrún's warning of the danger' SEN/State: Viðvörunin stóð í mörg ár 'The warning stood for many years' Simple entity: Ég snerti viðvörunina 'I touched the warning'

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                        notkun 'use' — from nota 'use' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 5). CEN reading; the verbalizer -ka appears in the nominal but not in the verb (nota vs not-k-un).

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                          aðdáun 'admiration' — from dást að 'admire' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 6). P-prefixing: 'to' must be prefixed to the noun. CEN: Aðdáun Guðrúnar á Maríu 'Guðrún's admiration of María' SEN/State: Aðdáunin stóð í mörg ár 'The admiration lasted for many years' No concrete entity reading (6.13c is unacceptable).

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                            viðgerð 'repair' — from gera við 'fix/repair' (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 4). P-prefixing pattern 2: við conditions root meaning and must be prefixed, but cannot be doubled as complement.

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                              umönnun 'taking care of' — from annast um (@cite{wood-2023} Ch. 4). P-prefixing pattern 2.

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                                All nominalization entries.

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                                  All nominalizations have at least one available reading.

                                  P-prefixed nominalizations have a prefixed preposition.

                                  þvottur has all three basic readings (CEN, SEN, RN).