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Tri-Constituent Compounds : A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding / Elisabeth Huber.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 114Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (XI, 271 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111080758
  • 9783111082110
  • 9783111081694
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1175 .H83 2023
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites -- 2 Compounds and Compounding -- 3 Multi-word compounding -- Part II: Data acquisition and annotation -- 4 Compilation of a compound database -- 5 Annotation of internal structure -- Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds -- 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds -- 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds -- Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds -- 8 Productivity in complex compounding -- Part V: Synopsis -- 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds -- 10 Summary and conclusions -- 11 Outlook -- References -- Subject index
Summary: This book provides a usage-based perspective to the study of multi-word compounding, analyzing the structural, functional and cognitive aspects of tripartite compounds (e.g. day care center, football game, hotel bedroom). It highlights the heterogeneity of these word-formation products, but also carves out surprising differences to two-word compounds. In order to reveal the step from two-word compounding to multi-word compounding, the book explains why only some compounds are used productively for the formation of more complex compounds. Building on the idea of entrenchment, it provides a theoretical account that allows understanding speakers’ ability to produce multi-word compounds.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites -- 2 Compounds and Compounding -- 3 Multi-word compounding -- Part II: Data acquisition and annotation -- 4 Compilation of a compound database -- 5 Annotation of internal structure -- Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds -- 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds -- 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds -- Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds -- 8 Productivity in complex compounding -- Part V: Synopsis -- 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds -- 10 Summary and conclusions -- 11 Outlook -- References -- Subject index

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This book provides a usage-based perspective to the study of multi-word compounding, analyzing the structural, functional and cognitive aspects of tripartite compounds (e.g. day care center, football game, hotel bedroom). It highlights the heterogeneity of these word-formation products, but also carves out surprising differences to two-word compounds. In order to reveal the step from two-word compounding to multi-word compounding, the book explains why only some compounds are used productively for the formation of more complex compounds. Building on the idea of entrenchment, it provides a theoretical account that allows understanding speakers’ ability to produce multi-word compounds.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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