I need to analyse the noun driving license from a morphological point of view. The problem that arises is how driving is converted from the verb: to drive into a noun: driving?
1) It could be argued that the noun was formed directly from the present participle of the verb; i.e. driving, with no further modification. In that case, -ing is an inflectional suffix, but it belongs to a verb, while driving in this case is a noun, as I see it. Or could it be seen as a verb?
2) The other possibility is that -ing in this case is the derivational suffix converting the verb drive into the noun driving. The suffix -ing denotes an action that is the result of the verb.
We don't have to pick license apart, but I'd be grateful for any input about the driving, i.e. whether you believe in 1) or 2) above, or whether there is any other way of analysing it morphologically.
/Wilma
1) It could be argued that the noun was formed directly from the present participle of the verb; i.e. driving, with no further modification. In that case, -ing is an inflectional suffix, but it belongs to a verb, while driving in this case is a noun, as I see it. Or could it be seen as a verb?
2) The other possibility is that -ing in this case is the derivational suffix converting the verb drive into the noun driving. The suffix -ing denotes an action that is the result of the verb.
We don't have to pick license apart, but I'd be grateful for any input about the driving, i.e. whether you believe in 1) or 2) above, or whether there is any other way of analysing it morphologically.
/Wilma
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