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Parasynthetic compounds: Data and theory  (2010)

Authors:
Melloni, Chiara; Bisetto, A.
Title:
Parasynthetic compounds: Data and theory
Year:
2010
Type of item:
Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Tipologia ANVUR:
Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Book Title:
Cross-discipinary Issues in Compounding
Publisher:
BENJAMINS PUBLISHER
ISBN:
9789027248275
Page numbers:
199-217
Keyword:
parasynthesis; compounding; bracketing paradoxes; construction morphology; morphology vs syntax competition
Short description of contents:
This chapter is dedicated to parasynthetic compounding, i.e. a word formation phenomenon consisting in the merger of two lexical stems (forming a non-attested compound) with a derivational suffix. On the basis of several classes of data, pertaining to Slavic and Romance, we outline a formal analysis of the phenomenon at issue showing that a constructionist account, recently developed within the Construction Morphology framework, cannot successfully apply to a relevant set of compounds. We show that a configurational analysis of these compound-affixed forms formulated along the lines of Ackema and Neeleman (2004) and implying a severe mapping between the morpho-syntactic and semantic structure, is not only able to account for the challenging data at issue, but also refines our comprehension of the synthetic compounding phenomena commonly attested in most I.E. languages.
Product ID:
56520
Handle IRIS:
11562/338755
Deposited On:
March 19, 2012
Last Modified:
November 30, 2022
Bibliographic citation:
Melloni, Chiara; Bisetto, A., Parasynthetic compounds: Data and theory Cross-discipinary Issues in CompoundingSCALISE S., VOGEL I.BENJAMINS PUBLISHER2010pp. 199-217

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