Deadjectival verb formation in Indo-European and beyond, Gebunden

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The lexicalization of property concepts (PCs) - basic adjectival states such as big, small, hard, soft, black, white, fast, quick - has long been a central concern of both typology and linguistic theory. In historical Indo-European linguistics, PCs are most often examined through the lens of the "Caland System", a complex derivational network of suffixes that structure the expression of such concepts. Yet while the nominal and adjectival exponents of this system have been intensively studied, their verbal counterparts remain comparatively underexplored. This volume takes up that challenge by asking: which classes of adjectives serve as inputs to verbalization, what syntactic and semantic alternations emerge in these derived verbs, and what do these patterns reveal about the status of "adjectival roots" in Indo-European and beyond? The contributions collected here investigate the morphology, syntax, and semantics of deadjectival verbs across the older Indo-European languages. By situating these formations within the broader typology of adjective derivation, property concept encoding, and primary vs. secondary verb formation, the volume forges new connections between typological generalizations, theoretical models, and historical-comparative evidence. In doing so, it not only illuminates the dynamics of verbal derivation in Indo-European but also advances our understanding of how the pathways from property concepts to verbal predicates are structured cross-linguistically.