Tri-Constituent Compounds: A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding (Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL], 114)

Huber, Elisabeth

ISBN 10: 3111629201 / ISBN 13: 9783111629209

Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton (edition 1), 2024

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Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Elisabeth Huber, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität München.

Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.

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Titel: Tri-Constituent Compounds: A Usage-Based ...
Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton (edition 1)
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Perfect Paperback
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