Typological aspects of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Turkic
Abstract This paper discusses the properties of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Sakha, a Turkic language. Two questions are addressed: 1. What is the formal status of elements building (phrasal) compounds? 2. How can we distinguish compounds from phrasal forms? A number of traditio...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/stuf-2015-0015 2023-05-15T18:08:22+02:00 Typological aspects of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Turkic Trips, Carola Kornfilt, Jaklin 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2015-0015 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/stuf-2015-0015/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/stuf-2015-0015/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH STUF - Language Typology and Universals volume 68, issue 3, page 281-321 ISSN 1867-8319 2196-7148 General Medicine journal-article 2015 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2015-0015 2022-04-14T05:08:03Z Abstract This paper discusses the properties of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Sakha, a Turkic language. Two questions are addressed: 1. What is the formal status of elements building (phrasal) compounds? 2. How can we distinguish compounds from phrasal forms? A number of traditional definitions and criteria are discussed, and the result is that they do not suffice to properly account for compounds, let alone phrasal compounds. The languages under discussion are investigated and compared. The result is that in English, German and Turkish tight semantic relations exist between the phrasal non-head and head, but in Turkish additional structural restrictions apply, (especially in reference to the (non)-argument status of the head) which may be due to the rich morphology of this language. The study on Sakha reveals that some phrasal compound types are similar to the Turkish types, without being identical to them. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakha De Gruyter (via Crossref) Sakha STUF - Language Typology and Universals 68 3 281 321 |
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Abstract This paper discusses the properties of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Sakha, a Turkic language. Two questions are addressed: 1. What is the formal status of elements building (phrasal) compounds? 2. How can we distinguish compounds from phrasal forms? A number of traditional definitions and criteria are discussed, and the result is that they do not suffice to properly account for compounds, let alone phrasal compounds. The languages under discussion are investigated and compared. The result is that in English, German and Turkish tight semantic relations exist between the phrasal non-head and head, but in Turkish additional structural restrictions apply, (especially in reference to the (non)-argument status of the head) which may be due to the rich morphology of this language. The study on Sakha reveals that some phrasal compound types are similar to the Turkish types, without being identical to them. |
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Typological aspects of phrasal compounds in English, German, Turkish and Turkic |
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