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Ralli, Angela

 
9789401782722: Compounding in Modern Greek

Synopsis

One of the core challenges in linguistics is elucidating compounds—their formation as well as the reasons their structure varies between languages. This book on Modern Greek rises to the challenge with a meticulous treatment of its diverse, intricate compounds, a study as grounded in theory as it is rich in data. Enhancing our knowledge of compounding and word-formation in general, its exceptional scope is a worthy model for linguists, particularly morphologists, and offers insights for students of syntax, phonology, dialectology and typology, among others. The author examines first-tier themes such as the order and relations of constituents, headedness, exocentricity, and theta-role saturation. She shows how Modern Greek compounding relates to derivation and inflection, and charts the boundaries between compounds and phrases. Exploring dialectically variant compounds, and identifying historical changes, the analysis extends to similarly formed compounds in wholly unrelated languages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides a thorough, data-rich and theoretically informed treatment of compounding in Modern Greek. It compares Greek compounds with similar formations of languages that are genetically and typologically different.

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9789400749597: Compounding in Modern Greek

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ISBN 10 :  9400749597 ISBN 13 :  9789400749597
Editeur : Springer, 2012
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