Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I. Towards a theoretical-descriptive approach to nominalization -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical assumptions -- Chapter 3. Nominalization -- Chapter 4. The functional organization of nominal and clause -- Part II. Deverbal -er nominalization -- Chapter 5. Deverbal -er suffixation: Towards a descriptive position -- Chapter 6. The middle construction -- Chapter 7. A multifunctional approach to -er nominalization -- Part III. Factive nominalization -- Chapter 8. Factive nominalization: Towards a descriptive position -- Chapter 9. A functional analysis of factive nominalizations as nominal constructions -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter