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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Internalization&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[process]] by which the [[external argument]] of the [[base]] becomes the [[internal argument]] of the derived word. Internalization has two stages. First, the addition of a new external argument, and then [[demotion]] of the old external argument to internal position.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the English adjective &#039;&#039;modern&#039;&#039; has the external argument theme (&#039;&#039;the factory is modern&#039;&#039;). If the verbal suffix -&#039;&#039;ize&#039;&#039; is added, this theme argument becomes the internal argument due to the fact that -&#039;&#039;ize&#039;&#039; itself supplies the external argument agent (&#039;&#039;they modernized the factory&#039;&#039;).<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Internalization&amp;lemmacode=687 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Di Sciullo, A. M. and E. Williams 1987. &#039;&#039;On the Definition of Word,&#039;&#039; MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.<br /> * Spencer, A. 1991. &#039;&#039;Morphological Theory,&#039;&#039; Blackwell, Oxford.<br /> * Williams, E. 1981b. &#039;&#039;Argument Structure and Morphology,&#039;&#039; The Linguistic Review 1, pp. 81-114<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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