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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.
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Tri-Constituent Compounds, Elisabeth Huber
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- Released
- 2023
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- Subtitle
- A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elisabeth Huber
- Publisher
- de Gruyter Mouton
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 282
- ISBN10
- 3111080757
- ISBN13
- 9783111080758
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- 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.