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Format: 1 online resource (XI, 271 p.)

ISBN: 9783111081694

Series Statement: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 114

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of figures and tables -- , Abbreviations -- , 1 Introduction -- , Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites -- , 2 Compounds and Compounding -- , 3 Multi-word compounding -- , Part II: Data acquisition and annotation -- , 4 Compilation of a compound database -- , 5 Annotation of internal structure -- , Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds -- , 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds -- , 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds -- , Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds -- , 8 Productivity in complex compounding -- , Part V: Synopsis -- , 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds -- , 10 Summary and conclusions -- , 11 Outlook -- , References -- , Subject index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111082110

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111080758

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783111081694

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111081694

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111081694