The Status and Development of N+N Sequences in Contemporary English Noun Phrases

This volume aims to carry out a comprehensive analysis of those nouns within the structure of the noun phrase which are referred to as N+N sequences (e.g. drug addiction, computer cluster). They are studied from three perspectives, namely their status as syntactic constructs, their evolution as becoming morphological items through a process of lexicalisation - whereby they gradually acquire properties of a semantic, morphological, orthographic and phonological nature -, and their use in which several variables such as speech community, mode and textual category are in operation. Additionally, this volume touches upon the problems in establishing clear-cut boundaries between morphology and syntax in order to define their status and evolution. A comprehensive corpus analysis rounds off the study.

List of contents

Contents: English Noun Phrase Structure - Noun + Noun Sequences - English Linguistics - Corpus Linguistics - Morphology - Syntax - Syntax-Morphology Interface - Sociolinguistics - Lexicalisation - Gradience.

Product details

• Authors: Iria Pastor Gomez, Iria Pastor-Gómez
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9783034305341
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3430534-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 12 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 330 g
• Series: Linguistic Insights; Linguistic Insights
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics