Verbal Noun
A verbal noun is a noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning.
The word description, related to the word describe, is a verbal noun.
In the following example, walking is a verbal noun:
Schachter, Paul. 1985. "Parts-of-speech systems." In Shopen 1985b
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Crystal, David. 1980.A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Noun
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/verbal-noun
