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

Elisabeth Huber

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2023

Tri-Constituent Compounds

A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding

Elisabeth Huber

Volume 114 in the series Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111081694

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of figures and tables Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites
2 Compounds and Compounding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3 Multi-word compounding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Part II: Data acquisition and annotation
4 Compilation of a compound database Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
5 Annotation of internal structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds
6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds
8 Productivity in complex compounding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Part V: Synopsis
9 A portrait of three-noun compounds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
10 Summary and conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
11 Outlook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers in Compounding and Complex Derivation, Cognitive Linguistics, Students interested in Productivity
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 271
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
- Coloured Illustrations: 17
- Tables: 29
- Coloured Tables: 1
Keywords: Multi-word Compounds; Morphological Structure; Complex Compounding; Productivity; Entrenchment

eBook

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111081694

Hardcover

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111080758