UID:
almafu_9961059958602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (XI, 271 p.)
ISBN:
9783111081694
Serie:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 114
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of figures and tables --
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Abbreviations --
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1 Introduction --
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Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites --
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2 Compounds and Compounding --
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3 Multi-word compounding --
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Part II: Data acquisition and annotation --
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4 Compilation of a compound database --
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5 Annotation of internal structure --
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Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds --
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6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds --
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7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds --
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Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds --
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8 Productivity in complex compounding --
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Part V: Synopsis --
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9 A portrait of three-noun compounds --
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10 Summary and conclusions --
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11 Outlook --
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References --
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Subject index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783111082110
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783111080758
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9783111081694
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111081694
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111081694
