Tri-Constituent Compounds : : A Usage-Based Account of Complex Nominal Compounding / / Elisabeth Huber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Huber, Elisabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 114
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 271 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of figures and tables --; Abbreviations --; 1 Introduction --; Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites --; 2 Compounds and Compounding --; 3 Multi-word compounding --; Part II: Data acquisition and annotation --; 4 Compilation of a compound database --; 5 Annotation of internal structure --; Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds --; 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds --; 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds --; Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds --; 8 Productivity in complex compounding --; Part V: Synopsis --; 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds --; 10 Summary and conclusions --; 11 Outlook --; References --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111081694; 9783111175782; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319162; 9783111318240
• ISSN: 1434-3452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111081694
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elisabeth Huber.

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.