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phrases to the level of a lexical item. Represented in a formulaic way, this
would give:
[[[Adj] [PP]]ADJP] Nm
The center of this formative adjective phrase can be occasionally found in
its comparative degree form, such as better-, lager-, sooner- and so on. The
last example provided here as illustration is a characteristic one, and does
not present a very frequent feature of the model. The following words may
be used to represent the group: good-for-nothing can opener, next-to-last
place, ready-for-the-day outfit, lost-to-light times, red-edged-with-white
scarf. APCs which stem from adjective phrases present attributes which
have grown into clichés, even though some of them can be highly specific,
as in (3):
(3) ...who was one of your old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool good dogs. (SK,35)
2.2 Adjectival Phrasal Compounds from Other Phrases
2.2.1 Coordinated Noun Phrases
This group of words implies conjoining two simple nouns by means
of conjunctions for the structure of coordination, among which and, but, and
or are most frequently deployed. The pattern is of the following shape:
[[[N1] [COORDINATION] [N2]] NP] Nm
The compound words of this sort make up a very numerous group of
adjectivals, since they considerably simplify the entire matrix of
postnominal modification. Among the commoner are: cat-and-dog chase,
cock-and-bull story, life-or-death situation, bed-and-breakfast arrangement,
sandwich-and-chips treat, mother-and-daughter talk, hammering-andbanging
arts.
2.2.2 Noun Phrases with Prenominal Modifiers
Certain adjectivals can be formed on the basis of attributively used
compound numerals and head noun elements, making compound words
which refer to values, weight, time period, etc. Structurally, their
composition could be represented as follows:
[[[NumP] [N]] NP] Nm
The potentially great number of the words can be represented by the
examples: seventy-million-dollar business, late-fifteenth-century drama,
three-hundred-pound desk, thirty-two-year-old beauty, etc.
2.2.3 Noun Phrases with Postnominal Modifiers
The corpus analysis has shown that one fifth of all APCs would
belong to this group. Endocentric nominal phrase construction can be