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of compounds of this type could be represented with the following
generalization:
[[[Adj1 ] [COORDINATION] [Adj2] ]ADJP] Nm
The adjective elements of these lexical catenations are the frequently
used monosyllabic adjectives, not necessarily conjoined by hyphens, such
as: free-and-easy way, high-and-dry ports, rough and ready order, yellowand-blue
cardigan, naughty-but-nice fox. Bauer (1983:207) tends to label
these constructions dvandva, drawing a line of distinction between these and
dvandva compounds. The results of corpus analysis conducted on a
language sample of around one million English words show that one third of
all APCs would be lexicalizations of coordinated phrase structures, be they
adjective, noun or verb phrases. The greatest majority are coordinated by
means of the conjunction and, and only 4 on the basis of or.
2.1.2 Subordinated Adjective Phrases
Adjective phrases of the modifier-head type can also be turned into
lexemes, but we can accept them as phrase compounds only if the particle
not is introduced. Generally, the structure would be represented like this:
[[[Adv] [AdjP]]ADJP] Nm
The phrasal position of intensifier can be occupied by the adverbials
so, very, too, and others which normally perform these functions, as well as
the negative particle not: all-too-powerful enemy, much-too-easy win, asyet-incomplete
tests, not-yet-dry bench, not-so-nice gesture, etc. In English,
there exist APCs with the first element adverbial and second element
nominal which is used as the starting point for comparing characteristic
qualities, such as near-continent-wide and the like.
2.1.3 Adjective Phrases with Numeral Expressions
Perhaps the commonest of types of PCs in adjectival positions is the
one which is used to express certain characteristic features of the modified
nouns in terms on age, weight, height, width, with the use of numerals and
corresponding nominals for determining measure. The structure can be
postulated as: [[[NumP] [Adj]]ADJP] Nm
The examples include: four-inch-long worm, five-foot-tall man, four-footlong
stick, twenty-seven-year-old girl, and very many other possible
adjectivals of this pattern.
2.1.4 Adjective Phrases with Complement
Compounds of this type are formed on the basis of reducing
adjectives together with their complements in the form of prepositional