Tri-Constituent Compounds(English, Electronic book text, Huber Elisabeth)

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Tri-Constituent Compounds(English, Electronic book text, Huber Elisabeth) is written by Huber Elisabeth and published by De Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3111081699 (ISBN 10) and 9783111081694 (ISBN 13).

This book provides a usage-based perspective to the study of multi-word compounding, analyzing the structural, functional and cognitive aspects of tripartite compounds (e.g. day care center, football game, hotel bedroom). It highlights the heterogeneity of these word-formation products, but also carves out surprising differences to two-word compounds. In order to reveal the step from two-word compounding to multi-word compounding, the book explains why only some compounds are used productively for the formation of more complex compounds. Building on the idea of entrenchment, it provides a theoretical account that allows understanding speakers' ability to produce multi-word compounds.