Description
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.
About the Author
Elisabeth Huber, University of Munich, Germany.
Book Information
ISBN 9783111080758
Author Elisabeth Huber
Format Hardback
Page Count 282
Imprint De Gruyter Mouton
Publisher De Gruyter
Weight(grams) 518g
