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

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.

Info autore

Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elisabeth Huber
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9783111629209
• ISBN: 978-3-11-162920-9
• Pagine: 271
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 16 mm x 230 mm
• Peso: 560 g
• Illustrazioni: 15 b/w and 17 col. ill., 29 b/w tbl.
• Serie: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Englisch, Morphologie, Wortbildung, Linguistics, Komposita, Grammar, syntax & morphology, productivity, Computational Linguistics, Paperback Project, FOR000000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Morphological Structure, Multi-word Compounds, Complex Compounding, Entrenchment