'This monograph features all four 'I's' characteristic of Bauer's 'trademark': an Illuminating, Ingenious, Insightful and In-depth analysis. Really worth reading!' Pavol Stekauer, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia

Are compounds words or phrases - or are they neither or both? How should we classify compounds? How can we deal with the fact that the relationship between the elements of sugar pill ('pill made of sugar') is different from that in sea-sickness pill ('pill to prevent sea-sickness')? Are compounds a linguistic universal? How much do languages vary in the way their compounds work? Why do we need compounds, when there are other ways of creating the same meanings? Are so-called neoclassical compounds like photograph really compounds? Based on more than forty years' research, this controversial new book sets out to answer these and many other questions.
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1. Introduction; 2. Compounds and words; 3. The grammar of compounds; 4. The semantics of compounds; 5. The classification of compounds; 6. Facets of English compounding; 7. Discussion.
This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781108416030
Publisert
2017-10-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
210

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Biografisk notat

Laurie Bauer is Emeritus Professor at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington. He has published many works on morphology including English Word-formation (Cambridge, 1983), Introducing Linguistic Morphology (2003), and Morphological Productivity (Cambridge, 2001).