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A '''root compound''' is a [[compound]] whose [[head]] is not [[deverbal]] or whose non-head does not have the function of [[argument]] of the verb from which the head is [[derivation|derived]]. | A '''root compound''' is a [[compound]] whose [[head]] is not [[deverbal]] or whose non-head does not have the function of [[argument]] of the verb from which the head is [[derivation|derived]]. | ||
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[[English]] compounds such as ''housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook'', and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as ''truck driver'' on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb ''drive''. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. [[Synthetic compound]]. | [[English]] compounds such as ''housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook'', and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as ''truck driver'' on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb ''drive''. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. [[Synthetic compound]]. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
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* Fabb, N. 1984. ''Syntactic Affixation,'' PhD diss. MIT. | * Fabb, N. 1984. ''Syntactic Affixation,'' PhD diss. MIT. | ||
* Lieber, R. 1983. ''Argument Linking and Compounds in English,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA | * Lieber, R. 1983. ''Argument Linking and Compounds in English,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 28 September 2014
Definition
A root compound is a compound whose head is not deverbal or whose non-head does not have the function of argument of the verb from which the head is derived.
Example
English compounds such as housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook, and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as truck driver on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb drive. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. Synthetic compound.
Links
References
- Fabb, N. 1984. Syntactic Affixation, PhD diss. MIT.
- Lieber, R. 1983. Argument Linking and Compounds in English, Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
- Roeper, T. 1988. Compound syntax and head movement, Yearbook of morphology 1, 187-228
- Roeper, T. 1987. Implicit arguments and the head-complement relation, Linguistic Inquiry 18, 267-310
- Roeper, T. and D. Siegel 1978. A Lexical Transformation for Verbal Compounds, Linguistic Inquiry 9, pp. 199-260
- Selkirk, E. O. 1982a. The Syntax of Words, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.
- Sproat, R. 1985. On Deriving the Lexicon, PhD diss. MIT.
