Chapter 8. Concatenative compounds
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María Irene Moyna
Abstract
This chapter deals with compounds with hierarchically identical constituents, referred to as dvandvas in the Sanskrit tradition and with a variety of other names in many accounts (e.g., co-compounds, copulative, binominals, etc.) (cf. discussion in Bauer 2008 and Wälchli 2005). In Spanish the two largest groups are made up of two nouns or two adjectives. These nominal and adjectival concatenative patterns have several subtypes each, which are discussed in Section 8.1 and 8.2, respectively. A much smaller group is made up of two concatenated verbs; this is an exocentric class, because the resulting compound is always nominal (8.3). Finally, there are complex additive numerals, which are possibly the clearest example of a productive class, since they are infinite by definition (8.4) (Table 8.1).
Abstract
This chapter deals with compounds with hierarchically identical constituents, referred to as dvandvas in the Sanskrit tradition and with a variety of other names in many accounts (e.g., co-compounds, copulative, binominals, etc.) (cf. discussion in Bauer 2008 and Wälchli 2005). In Spanish the two largest groups are made up of two nouns or two adjectives. These nominal and adjectival concatenative patterns have several subtypes each, which are discussed in Section 8.1 and 8.2, respectively. A much smaller group is made up of two concatenated verbs; this is an exocentric class, because the resulting compound is always nominal (8.3). Finally, there are complex additive numerals, which are possibly the clearest example of a productive class, since they are infinite by definition (8.4) (Table 8.1).
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
