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6. FINDINGS<br />

(179) Lastly, it implyes a diminution of the body, happening by reason<br />

of some fault in the Excretive (expelling) faculty of the parts,<br />

excerning or evacuating more than necessary. (E3 1666 Harvey<br />

Morbus anglicus Academic)<br />

When facing real data (see Figures 5 and 6), however, we see that –ing formations and<br />

Romance nominalizations are rarely used in either subject or object position. The data<br />

show that their percentage as subjects reaches 6% for –ing nominalizations and 13% for<br />

Romance ones. –Ing formations in object position show a slightly higher frequency (14%),<br />

but Romance nominalizations are more frequently used in this function, with a percentage<br />

of 20%. As for nominalizations used predicatively, they are quite rare in both types of<br />

formations, especially –ing nominalizations, with only 1% of instances found in this<br />

function (6% in Romance formations).<br />

Figure 5. Frequency of –ing nominals according to syntactic function<br />

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