Abstract
Cross-linguistically, there are different patterns for denominal verb formation and languages show preferences for
certain patterns (cf. McIntyre, 2015). In this paper, I focus on denominal verb
formation in English and Modern Greek. The analyzed data come from the TenTen corpora (Sketch Engine, Kilgariff et al., 2014). The first aim is to quantify the use of the patterns of
denominal verb formations in both languages. The results of the analysis corroborate the findings of previous analyses, such as
the strong preference for conversion for denominal verb formation in English and for suffixation in Modern Greek. However, the
present paper aims to go a step further. The second aim is to discuss why English and Modern Greek show these preferences. I
propose that the preferences can be explained if we correlate the parameters of inflectional marking, word
order/configurationality, system of lexical category assignment and boundary permeability.
Dual Identity and Prejudice: The Moderating Role of Group Boundary Permeability
