Chapter 6. Endocentric compounds with nominal heads and nominal/adjectival modifiers
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María Irene Moyna
Abstract
This chapter describes the structure and evolution of Spanish compounding patterns whose head constituent is a nominal, modified by either another nominal or an adjective. Since the head can appear first or last, this yields a total of four possible patterns (Table 6.1). All four have moderate to high productivity over the centuries. Those with adjectival heads have syntactic parallels, from which they are sometimes hard to distinguish unequivocally. Numerous tests have been designed to do so, but even then, the nature of historical data sometimes precludes their systematic application, resulting in some uncertainty in the demarcation of these classes, as shall be discussed in the relevant sections.
Abstract
This chapter describes the structure and evolution of Spanish compounding patterns whose head constituent is a nominal, modified by either another nominal or an adjective. Since the head can appear first or last, this yields a total of four possible patterns (Table 6.1). All four have moderate to high productivity over the centuries. Those with adjectival heads have syntactic parallels, from which they are sometimes hard to distinguish unequivocally. Numerous tests have been designed to do so, but even then, the nature of historical data sometimes precludes their systematic application, resulting in some uncertainty in the demarcation of these classes, as shall be discussed in the relevant sections.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of figures xv
- List of tables xvii
- List of abbreviations used xxi
- Preface & acknowledgments xxiii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Definitions 11
- Chapter 2. The internal structure of compounds 45
- Chapter 3. Finding compounds 67
- Chapter 4. Endocentric compounds with adverbial non-heads 99
- Chapter 5. Endocentric compounds with nominal non-heads 125
- Chapter 6. Endocentric compounds with nominal heads and nominal/adjectival modifiers 163
- Chapter 7. Exocentric patterns 197
- Chapter 8. Concatenative compounds 219
- Chapter 9. Historical developments in Spanish compounding 253
- References 293
- Appendix 1. Compound dataset 303
- Subject index 433
- Word index 443
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of figures xv
- List of tables xvii
- List of abbreviations used xxi
- Preface & acknowledgments xxiii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Definitions 11
- Chapter 2. The internal structure of compounds 45
- Chapter 3. Finding compounds 67
- Chapter 4. Endocentric compounds with adverbial non-heads 99
- Chapter 5. Endocentric compounds with nominal non-heads 125
- Chapter 6. Endocentric compounds with nominal heads and nominal/adjectival modifiers 163
- Chapter 7. Exocentric patterns 197
- Chapter 8. Concatenative compounds 219
- Chapter 9. Historical developments in Spanish compounding 253
- References 293
- Appendix 1. Compound dataset 303
- Subject index 433
- Word index 443
