Mixed category

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In syntax, a mixed category is a construction which combines the syntactic and morphological properties of two distinct categories, such as noun and verb, while being headed by a single word.

Reference

Lefebvre, Claire & Muysken, Pieter 1988. Mixed categories: nominalizations in Quechua. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Other languages

German Mischkategorie