Tri-constituent compounds : a usage-based account of complex nominal compounding / Elisabeth Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Elisabeth, author.

Series:

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series ; v.114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Word formation.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, [2023]

Summary:

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of figures and tables

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites

2 Compounds and Compounding

3 Multi-word compounding

Part II: Data acquisition and annotation

4 Compilation of a compound database

5 Annotation of internal structure

Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds

6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds

7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds

Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds

8 Productivity in complex compounding

Part V: Synopsis

9 A portrait of three-noun compounds

10 Summary and conclusions

11 Outlook

References

Subject index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-108169-9

OCLC:

1376934032