Nominalization in Pazih

In Pazih, verbalization is much more productive than nominalization. We found only a few noun-deriving affixes: a(i)-...-an, ka- ~ kaa-, ta-, sa- ~ saa- and -an. The last two affixes are also found on focused verbs and indicate IF and LF respectively. Thus morphology alone does not tell whether a certain form is a noun or a verb. We have to resort to syntactic evidence to determine whether nominalization has taken place. The particle a may occur before a noun or verb, so its grammatical functions are discussed. The problem of the distinction between relative constructions and nominalized constructions is also touched upon.