Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
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Summary and Conclusions<br />
• <strong>Nom<strong>in</strong>al</strong> compound<strong>in</strong>g fairly productive<br />
• Used synchronically for new forms<br />
• Some regularity and semantic predictability<br />
• Largest group: endocentric (right-headed)<br />
• No restrictions due to phonological shape<br />
• Some restrictions on modify<strong>in</strong>g compounds<br />
(mëjnëëjteech ‘sea’; mëj ‘large’, nëëj ‘water’, teech’ ‘father’;<br />
can’t say ‘large sea’)
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