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==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 [[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]].
  
=== Example ===
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== 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]].
 
[[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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== Links ==
 
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*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
 
 
=== References ===
 
  
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== References ==
 
* 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.