Lexical structures : compunding and the modules of grammar / by Heinz J. Giegerich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giegerich, Heinz J., author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 1.

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Word formation.

English language.

English language--Compound words.

Lexical phonology.

Lexical grammar.

Physical Description:

viii, 142 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Bringing together the subjects of English compounding and Chomsky's theory of 'Lexicalism', Heinz J. Giegerich demonstrates in this new study the impossibility of drawing a line between compounds and phrases, and therefore between the lexicon and the syntax, the two grammatical modules of Lexicalism. Proposing a new model of grammatical modularity, where the lexicon and the syntax overlap 'like slates on a roof, Giegerich examines long-standing and unresolved questions about the difference between English compounds and phrases. With its detailed study of compound words in English and its comprehensive analysis of Lexicalism's theoretical framework, Lexical structures: Compounding and the modules of grammar will be of profound interest to all researchers and students with an interest in English linguistics, and in morphological, syntactic or phonological theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The grammar of adjectival attribution 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Lexicalism and the syntax-lexicon continuum of attribution 5

1.2.1 Intersective vs. subsective attribution 6

1.2.2 Restrictive vs. non-restrictive attribution 8

1.2.3 Ascriptive vs. associative attribution 10

1.3 The stress patterns of attribution 12

1.4 Summary: the nature of adjectival attribution 13

Chapter 2 Associative attribution 15

2.1 Introduction: more on ascription and association 15

2.2 The morphology and lexical semantics of associative adjectives 19

2.3 The syntax of associative adjectives 25

2.4 Candidature for lexical status 29

2.5 Associative adjectives and the pro-form owe 34

1.3 The stress patterns of associative attribution 39

Chapter 3 A mythology of fore-stress, end-stress and tree geometry 43

3.1 Introduction 43

3.2 The first myth: 'All phrases have end-stress' 48

3.3 End-stressed NNs - compounds or phrases? 53

3.3.1 Background 53

3.3.2 Fore-stress and end-stress in NNs 55

3.3.3 End-stressed NNs and the limits of formal prediction 58

3.3.4 Tendencies for end-stress: attribution, transparency, ascription 60

3.3.5 Compound stress in Scottish English 64

3.4 The stress patterns of NNNs 67

3.4.1 The myth and the facts 67

3.4.2 Analysis 1: all end-stressed NNs are phrases 70

3.4.3 Analyses 2 and 3: all NNs are or may be compounds 72

3.5 Conclusion 74

Chapter 4 Interlude; the porous nature of lexical stratification 76

4.1 Introduction 76

4.2 The nature of lexical strata 78

4.2.1 Productivity and semantic transparency 79

4.2.2 Phonological transparency 80

4.2.3 Embedding and affix ordering 82

4.2.4 An illustrative example: noun-forming -er 83

4.3 Brackets and their erasure 86

4.4 Overlapping strata: unexpected stress preservation and its unexpected failure 87

4.5 More on stratal overlap 92

Chapter 5 Lexical integrity? 96

5.1 On the nature of the lexicon-syntax divide 96

5.2 The purported integrity of the lexicon 99

5.2.1 Lexical integrity and bracket erasure 99

5.2.2 Syntactic operations as diagnostics of phrasal status 101

5.2.2.1 Co-ordination reduction 101

5.2.2.2 Pro-one 103

5.2.2.3 Phrases inside compounds 106

5.2.3 Listed semantics, regular form 110

5.2.4 Unlisted semantics; anaphoric compounding 114

5.3 Compounds in no-man's land 118

5.3.1 Lexical non-integrity 118

5.3.2 Overlapping modules 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780748624614

0748624619

OCLC:

922032676