Verbal Noun (definition)
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- To see how to form verbal nouns in Gaelic look at Formation of Verbal Nouns
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 (eg. The assassination, She loves singing). In Gaelic, verbal nouns are used in place of gerunds and participles (in auxiliary verb constructions)
See Also
- Verbal Nouns
- Use of Verbal Nouns
- Verbal Adjective (definition)
- Periphrastic (definition)
- Past Participle (definition)
- Present Participle (definition)
External Links
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAVerbalNoun.htm http://www.memrise.com/set/10021289/verbal-nouns/ The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_Noun
References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa
