Nominalnie

Nominalnie is a term in linguistic theory used to describe a systematic nominalization pattern observed in some languages and in discussions of constructed languages. It denotes noun-like heads formed from non-noun forms and participating in noun phrase syntax.

The coinage blends the English "nominal" with the Polish adverbial suffix "-nie" and is used primarily as a theoretical construct rather than a widely attested grammatical category. It appears in scholarly discussions of morphology and syntax.

Nominalnie constructions typically allow verbs and adjectives to be used as full nouns with determiner compatibility, number or case marking, and sometimes definite or bound forms. They can show lexical stability, reduced inflection, or noun-like behavior in argument structure.

Scholarly reception is varied. Some researchers view Nominalnie as a useful abstraction for cross-linguistic patterns of nominalization, while others argue it overlaps with established concepts such as nominalization, noun incorporation, or deverbal nouns.

See also: Nominalization, Noun phrase, Morphology, Syntax.