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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''No-Phrase Constraint''' is a constraint proposed by Botha (1983) which says that [[root compound]]s may not contain syntactic phrases. This constraint accounts for the unacceptability of compounds such as *''black-as-coal bird'' and *''slightly-used-car salesman''. However, there are many counterexamples, the first one being the constraint itself. Other counterexamples are ''car-of-the-month election'' and ''(the) why-does-it-always-happen-to-me complaint''. Compounds having the structure [XP + N] are fully productive in Dutch: ''oudemannenhuis'' 'old men's home', ''onderwatergedeelte'' 'submerged part' (Lit. 'under water part'), and ''God-is-dood-these'' 'God-is-dead thesis'.<br /> <br /> === Links ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=No-Phrase+Constraint&amp;lemmacode=508 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Botha, R. 1983. ''Morphological mechanisms,'' Pergamon Press, Oxford.<br /> * Hoeksema J. 1985. ''Categorial Morphology,'' PhD. diss. Groningen University.<br /> * Lieber, R. 1988. ''Phrasal compounds in English and the morphology-syntax interface,'' Papers from the parasession on agreement in grammatical theory; CLS 24, 202-222, .<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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