ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a general analysis of parasynthesis, situations where both a prefix and a suffix are used to build a verb. Its main claim is that parasynthesis signals that the base is integrated in the verbal structure through syntactic means: the prefix spells out extra relational structure between the base and the verb. For this reason, parasynthesis can only occur in derivations where the syntactic relation between the base and the category-changing head implies that the former is merged within the argument structure of the latter. Absence of parasynthesis in such cases reflects that the base is integrated in the verbal structure through conceptual semantic means, producing less restricted results. This chapter explores the preliminary evidence in favour of this general approach.
