The goal of this paper is to investigate the structural distinctions that exist between prefixoids and prefixes in modern Dutch, with an empirical focus on inseparable complex verbs (ICVs). Adopting a derivational, separationist approach to the syntax-morphology interface (Distributed Morphology), we maintain that the fundamental difference between prefixoids and prefixes is that the former are clitics while the latter are initially merged with \ (roots\) lower in the first phase (v P) prior to when these complex predicates are labeled (by v). As clitics, prefixoids are adjoined to the left-edge of the first phase (with the phase head v). Our theoretical claims are further substantiated by data extracted from the Dutch Celex Lexicon, providing a detailed assessment of the categorical status of the stem that prefixoids and prefixes attach to, their ability to contribute a resultative interpretation, and their potential effects on the argument structure of the ICV.
Cavirani-Pots et al. (Sat,) studied this question.