Cross-disciplinary issues in compounding / edited by Sergio Scalise, Irene Vogel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scalise, Sergio.

Vogel, Irene, 1952-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 311.

Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; 311

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Compound words.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.

Physical Description:

viii, 382 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This chapter discusses early phases of first language acquisition of compounds in German based on longitudinal data of two Austrian children and compares these data to results on compound acquisition in other languages. The first compounds to emerge in German (simultaneously with the emergence of noun and verb inflection and of diminutives) were subordinate and endocentric two-member noun-noun compounds without linking elements. The first correct linking element which emerged later on is -n after word-final schwa of the first member. Order of emergence of compound patterns can be related to factors such as frequency, productivity, morphotactic and morphosemantic transparency. Left-headed and exocentric compounds had not yet emerged in our child speech corpora, and only one coordinate compound appeared.

Contents:

Why compounding? / Sergio Scalise and Irene Vogel

Part I. Delimiting the field. The role of syntax and morphology in compounding / Peter Ackema and Ad Neeleman

Constraints on compounds and incorporation / Marianne Mithun

Compounding versus derivation / Angela Ralli

Part II. At the core of compounding. Units in compounding / Fabio Montermini

Compound construction: schemas or analogy? A construction morphology perspective / Geert Booij

The head in compounding / Sergio Scalise and Antonio Fábregas

On the lexical semantics of compounds: non-affixal (de)verbal compounds / Rochelle Lieber

The phonology of compounds / Irene Vogel

Part III. Typology and types of compounds. The typology of exocentric compounding / Laurie Bauer

Coordination in compounding / Giorgio F. Arcodia, Nicola Grandi and Bernhard Wälchli

Parasynthetic compounds: data and theory / Chiara Melloni and Antonietta Bisetto

Synthetic compounds: with special reference to German / Livio Gaeta

Corpus data and theoretical implications: with special reference to Italian v-n compounds / Davide Ricca

Part IV. Quantitative and psycholinguitic aspects of compounding. Frequency effects in compound processing / R. Harald Baayen, Victor Kuperman and Raymond Bertram

Computational issues in compound processing / Vito Pirrelli, Emiliano Guevara and Marco Baroni

Relational competition during compound interpretation / Christina L. Gagné and Thomas L. Spalding

Sign languages and compounding / Irit Meir ... [et al.]

First language acquisition of compounds: with special emphasis on early German child language / Wolfgang U. Dressler, Laura E. Lettner and Katharina Korecky-Kröll.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613773562

9781281042576

1281042579

9789027290892

902729089X

OCLC:

646068566