Tri-Constituent Compounds: A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding - Couverture souple

Huber, Elisabeth

 
9783111629209: Tri-Constituent Compounds: A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.

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9783111080758: Tri-constituent Compounds: A Usage-based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding

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ISBN 10 :  3111080757 ISBN 13 :  9783111080758
Editeur : De Gruyter Mouton, 2023
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