Tri-Constituent Compounds - A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding
Verlag | De Gruyter |
Auflage | 2024 |
Seiten | 271 |
Format | 15,5 x 1,6 x 23,0 cm |
Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur | |
Gewicht | 560 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] 114 |
ISBN-10 | 3111629201 |
EAN | 9783111629209 |
Bestell-Nr | 11162920A |
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.