ABSTRACT
There is evidently great similarity between the substantives here considered, which are formed from adjectives, and verbal substantives (nouns of action, nomina actionis) like coming, arrival, movement, change, existence, repose, 8leep, love, etc.- But the examples show that the name "noun of action" is not adequate, unless we count such states as rest and sleep as actions. My own view has already been indicated: starting from the fact that "I saw the Doctor's arrival" = "I saw the Doctor arrive, I saw that the Doctor arrived" and that "I doubt the Doctor's cleverness" == "I doubt that the Doctor is clever" we have to recognize a separate class of words which we shall term nexus-substantives and subdivide into verbal nexus-words (arrival) and predicative nexus-words (cleverness).
