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

by Elisabeth Huber

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783111082110
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	05/08/2023
Series:	Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , #114
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	282
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Elisabeth Huber, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität München.
Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.