RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Németh, Boglárka A1 Sőrés, Anna YR 2018 T1 Evaluative morphology in the verbal domain: Complex verbs suffixed with -kVdik in Hungarian JF Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language” VO 42 IS 1 SP 202 OP 225 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.00008.nem PB John Benjamins SN 0378-4177, AB So far, evaluative morphology has received less attention in the verbal domain than in the nominal and adjectival ones. This paper shows that – besides frequentative morphemes like -gAt and preverbs like tele- ‘full’, le- ‘down’, fel ‘up’, etc. – in Hungarian events can be evaluated by means of the verbalizer suffix -kVdik. This formation is unusual in evaluative morphology since it is a category-changing operation. The suffix -kVdik can be attached to adjectives and to nouns expressing a profession or an occupation. Depending on the speaker’s intention, the morphologically complex verb suffixed with -kVdik can attribute to the activity an evaluative, mostly pejorative meaning. The paper suggests that this phenomenon goes beyond evaluative morphology and can be better analyzed in terms of morphopragmatics., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sl.00008.nem