The Structure of r-Nominals in -nie/-cie in Polish and the Factors Conditioning Their Emergence

This paper compares two analyses of interfixal-paradigmatic formations in Polish, such as listonosz ‘mail carrier’ and korkociąg ‘corkscrew’. They are often interpreted exocentric compounds consisting a noun stem verb connected by linking vowel, i.e. [N+LV+V]N (Kurzowa; Booij, “Morphology”). The proposal defended here is the treatment lexemes [N+LV+[V]N]N compounds, which right-hand stems assumed to undergo conversion into nouns. Semantic arguments presented support an assumption. Moreover, differences emphasised between properties question features stands initial position, e.g. moczymorda ‘drunkard’. analysis adopted framework Construction Morphology involves simultaneous application morphological operations, namely compounding nominalisation (i.e. verb-to-noun conversion), formation lexemes. Such assumption allows for explanation phenomenon “embedded productivity” (Booij, Morphology).