English adjective-noun compounds and related constructions
The aim of this paper is to examine English constructions consisting of an adjective and a noun, with particular reference to whether this sequence can form a compound as well as a syntactic structure. Emphasis will particularly be placed on two kinds of examples: those where an adjective-noun struc...
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Penerbit UKM
2002
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/716/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/716/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/716/1/GemaVol1.1.2001No1.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to examine English constructions consisting of an adjective and a noun, with particular reference to whether this sequence can form a compound as well as a syntactic structure. Emphasis will particularly be placed on two kinds of examples: those where an adjective-noun structure modifies another noun, such as new-road enquiry; and those consisting of a relational adjective plus a noun, as in nervous disease. We shall touch on issues of productivity and lexicalization, as well as the relations and interactions between compounding and syntax. |
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