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Chapter 4. Fact-checking on compound verbs in English

  • Alexandra Bagasheva and Jesús Fernández-Domínguez
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Paradigms in Word Formation
This chapter is in the book Paradigms in Word Formation

Abstract

The creation of compound verbs remains among the most contested phenomena of English word formation and the studies targeting these units have normally portrayed them as inconsistent or almost anomalous. This perception, together with the heterogeneous origins and the contested status of compound verbs, might explain why two central questions remain unanswered: (i) are these genuine compounds? and (ii) how can they be analyzed in a uniform manner? This paper tackles English verbal compounding with two hypotheses in mind: (i) that it is crucial to differentiate between a product- and a process-oriented approach to the phenomenon, and (ii) that a paradigm-based analysis acknowledging the role of analogy and the weight of metonymy proves highly beneficial.

Abstract

The creation of compound verbs remains among the most contested phenomena of English word formation and the studies targeting these units have normally portrayed them as inconsistent or almost anomalous. This perception, together with the heterogeneous origins and the contested status of compound verbs, might explain why two central questions remain unanswered: (i) are these genuine compounds? and (ii) how can they be analyzed in a uniform manner? This paper tackles English verbal compounding with two hypotheses in mind: (i) that it is crucial to differentiate between a product- and a process-oriented approach to the phenomenon, and (ii) that a paradigm-based analysis acknowledging the role of analogy and the weight of metonymy proves highly beneficial.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. Dangerous liaisons 3
  6. Part I. Theoretical background
  7. Chapter 2. For a topology of derivational paradigms 21
  8. Part II. Compounding
  9. Chapter 3. Interlocking paradigms in English compounds 59
  10. Chapter 4. Fact-checking on compound verbs in English 69
  11. Chapter 5. Paradigm families in compounding 99
  12. Chapter 6. Derivational paradigms 129
  13. Part III. Conversion
  14. Chapter 7. Paradigmatic aspects of deverbal noun conversion in English 155
  15. Chapter 8. Paradigms in English and Czech noun/verb conversion 181
  16. Chapter 9. Conversion in a paradigmatic framework of word formation 215
  17. Chapter 10. Complex verbs 249
  18. Part IV. Participles
  19. Chapter 11. Structural and lexical aspects of the morphology of English participles 285
  20. Chapter 12. English participles in the derivational paradigm 319
  21. Part V. Paradigms in ELT
  22. Chapter 13. Derivational paradigms in ELT textbooks 343
  23. Index 379
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.225.04bag

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. Dangerous liaisons 3
  6. Part I. Theoretical background
  7. Chapter 2. For a topology of derivational paradigms 21
  8. Part II. Compounding
  9. Chapter 3. Interlocking paradigms in English compounds 59
  10. Chapter 4. Fact-checking on compound verbs in English 69
  11. Chapter 5. Paradigm families in compounding 99
  12. Chapter 6. Derivational paradigms 129
  13. Part III. Conversion
  14. Chapter 7. Paradigmatic aspects of deverbal noun conversion in English 155
  15. Chapter 8. Paradigms in English and Czech noun/verb conversion 181
  16. Chapter 9. Conversion in a paradigmatic framework of word formation 215
  17. Chapter 10. Complex verbs 249
  18. Part IV. Participles
  19. Chapter 11. Structural and lexical aspects of the morphology of English participles 285
  20. Chapter 12. English participles in the derivational paradigm 319
  21. Part V. Paradigms in ELT
  22. Chapter 13. Derivational paradigms in ELT textbooks 343
  23. Index 379
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