2 Compounds and Compounding

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of figures and tables IX
4. Abbreviations XI
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites
7. 2 Compounds and Compounding 5
8. 3 Multi-word compounding 12
9. Part II: Data acquisition and annotation
10. 4 Compilation of a compound database 19
11. 5 Annotation of internal structure 35
12. Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds
13. 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds 59
14. 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds 93
15. Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds
16. 8 Productivity in complex compounding 145
17. Part V: Synopsis
18. 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds 239
19. 10 Summary and conclusions 243
20. 11 Outlook 247
21. References 251
22. Subject index 259