Difference between revisions of "Verbal Noun (definition)"

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a type of deverbal (or a word that is not verb being derived from a verb) in which the resulting word is a noun (ex. The assassination, She loves singing).  
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A verbal noun is a deverbal morpheme (a word that is not verb being derived from a verb) in which the resulting word is a noun (ex. The ''assassination'', She loves ''singing'').  
  
 
*''To see how to form verbal nouns in Gaelic look at [[Formation of Verbal Nouns]]''
 
*''To see how to form verbal nouns in Gaelic look at [[Formation of Verbal Nouns]]''

Revision as of 22:26, 12 November 2009

A verbal noun is a deverbal morpheme (a word that is not verb being derived from a verb) in which the resulting word is a noun (ex. The assassination, She loves singing).

References

Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.