5 Synthetic compounds in German
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Martin Neef
Abstract
The term “synthetic compound” is used for different concepts in the pertinent linguistic literature. This article regards as synthetic compounds complex words of at least three morphemes, where neither the combination of the first two nor of the last two forms an existing free word. Synthetic compounds are typical for West Germanic languages. Different kinds of analyses in different theoretical frameworks have been proposed, some of which are to be discussed in the following. In general, synthetic compounds do not form a genuine morphological category, but can be attributed to other well-established categories.
Abstract
The term “synthetic compound” is used for different concepts in the pertinent linguistic literature. This article regards as synthetic compounds complex words of at least three morphemes, where neither the combination of the first two nor of the last two forms an existing free word. Synthetic compounds are typical for West Germanic languages. Different kinds of analyses in different theoretical frameworks have been proposed, some of which are to be discussed in the following. In general, synthetic compounds do not form a genuine morphological category, but can be attributed to other well-established categories.
Chapters in this book
- 1 Parasynthesis in Romance 1
- 2 Affix pleonasm 17
- 3 Interfixes in Romance 33
- 4 Linking elements in Germanic 55
- 5 Synthetic compounds in German 71
- 6 Particle verbs in Germanic 85
- 7 Noun-noun compounds in French 103
- 8 Verb-noun compounds in Romance 121
- 9 Co-compounds 145
- 10 Compounds and multi-word expressions in Slavic 171
- 11 Rules, patterns and schemata in word-formation 199
- 12 Word-formation and analogy 223
- 13 Productivity 247
- 14 Restrictions in word-formation 267
- 15 Argument-structural restrictions on word-formation patterns 287
- 16 Phonological restrictions on English word-formation 307
- 17 Morphological restrictions on English word-formation 337
- 18 Semantic restrictions on word-formation: the English suffix -ee 353
- 19 Dissimilatory phenomena in French word-formation 369
- 20 Closing suffixes 385
Chapters in this book
- 1 Parasynthesis in Romance 1
- 2 Affix pleonasm 17
- 3 Interfixes in Romance 33
- 4 Linking elements in Germanic 55
- 5 Synthetic compounds in German 71
- 6 Particle verbs in Germanic 85
- 7 Noun-noun compounds in French 103
- 8 Verb-noun compounds in Romance 121
- 9 Co-compounds 145
- 10 Compounds and multi-word expressions in Slavic 171
- 11 Rules, patterns and schemata in word-formation 199
- 12 Word-formation and analogy 223
- 13 Productivity 247
- 14 Restrictions in word-formation 267
- 15 Argument-structural restrictions on word-formation patterns 287
- 16 Phonological restrictions on English word-formation 307
- 17 Morphological restrictions on English word-formation 337
- 18 Semantic restrictions on word-formation: the English suffix -ee 353
- 19 Dissimilatory phenomena in French word-formation 369
- 20 Closing suffixes 385
