December 5, 2025Folia LinguisticaOpen Access

Object experiencer nominalizations in Italian: the anticausative hypothesis versus the light verb construction hypothesis

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This research reveals that light verb construction explains event structure in Italian nominalizations, suggesting emotional state changes are key.

Light verb construction accurately explains all object experiencer nominalizations and their emotional states.
The analysis shows important counterexamples to the anticausative hypothesis, highlighting its limits.
This study employs detailed syntactic analysis to explore the properties of Italian nominalizations across various contexts.
Findings support a shift towards understanding nominalizations through light verb constructions and resultative semantics.

Simonetta Vietri (2025) studied this question.

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This research reveals that light verb construction explains event structure in Italian nominalizations, suggesting emotional state changes are key.