Book contents
- Complex Words
- Complex Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: Advances in Morphology
- Part I Lexico-Semantic Aspects of Complex Words
- 1 Formal Semantics and the Problem of Nominalizations
- 2 Semantically Subtractive Morphology
- 3 -less and -free
- 4 Instrument Nouns in -one in Latin and Romance
- 5 Prominence in Noun-to-Verb Conversion
- 6 On Spanish Dvandva and Its Restrictions
- Part II Structure of Complex Words
- Part III Corpus-Based Case Studies
- Index
- References
6 - On Spanish Dvandva and Its Restrictions
from Part I - Lexico-Semantic Aspects of Complex Words
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
Book contents
- Complex Words
- Complex Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: Advances in Morphology
- Part I Lexico-Semantic Aspects of Complex Words
- 1 Formal Semantics and the Problem of Nominalizations
- 2 Semantically Subtractive Morphology
- 3 -less and -free
- 4 Instrument Nouns in -one in Latin and Romance
- 5 Prominence in Noun-to-Verb Conversion
- 6 On Spanish Dvandva and Its Restrictions
- Part II Structure of Complex Words
- Part III Corpus-Based Case Studies
- Index
- References
Summary
As noted by Bauer, real dvandva compounds – that is, coordinative compounds that properly express the aggregation of two different entities, not the intersection of properties in one entity – are extremely rare in English and Spanish. This article explores the empirical domain of dvandva compounding in Spanish, and notes that they are productive when not used as heads within their phrases. We propose that the explanation for this is that Spanish can only productively build dvandva compounds using flat structures without internal hierarchy. This causes the compound to look externally for a head noun that defines the interpretation of the relation established between the two members of the dvandva. The proposal also explains why proper names are preferred in dvandva compounding, given that they do not denote properties.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Complex WordsAdvances in Morphology, pp. 100 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
References
Allen, M. (1978). Morphological Investigations, PhD dissertation, Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut.Google Scholar
Barwise, J. and Cooper, R. (1981). Generalized quantifiers and natural language. Linguistics and Philosophy, 4, 159–219.Google Scholar
Bisetto, A. and Scalise, S. (2005). Classification of compounds. Lingue e linguaggio, 2, 319–332.Google Scholar
Brekle, H. E. (1986). The production and interpretation of ad hoc nominal compounds in German: A realistic approach. Acta Linguistica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 36, 39–52.Google Scholar
Donnellan, K. (1966). Reference and definite descriptions. Philosophical Review, 75, 281–304.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Downing, P. (1977). On the creation and use of English compound nouns. Language, 53, 810–842.Google Scholar
Evans, G. (1973). A causal theory of names. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 47, 187–208.Google Scholar
Fábregas, A. (2005). The Definition of the Grammatical Category in a Syntactically-Oriented Morphology, PhD dissertation, Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.Google Scholar
Fernández-Leborans, M. J. (1999). El nombre propio. In Bosque, I. and Demonte, V., dirs., Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa, pp. 77–129.Google Scholar
Frege, G. (1892) [1952]. On sense and reference. In Geach, P. and Black, M., eds., Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 56–79.Google Scholar
Hale, K. and Keyser, S. J. (2002). Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Halle, M. and Marantz, A. (1993). Distributed morphology and the pieces of inflection. In Hale, K. and Keyser, S. J., eds., The View from Building 20, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 111–176.Google Scholar
Jackendoff, R. (2010). The ecology of English N-N compounds. In Jackendoff, R., ed., Meaning and the Lexicon, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 413–451.Google Scholar
Koptjevskaja-Tamm, M. (2009). Proper-name nominal compounds in Swedish between syntax and lexicon. Rivista di Linguistica, 21, 119–148.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1843). A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, London: John W. Parker, West Strand.Google Scholar
Rainer, F. (2013). Can relational adjectives really express any relation? An onomasiological approach. SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 10, 12–40.Google Scholar
Recanati, F. (1983). La sémantique des noms propres: remarques sur la notion de désignateur rigide. Langue Française, 57, 106–118.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sadock, J. M. (1998). On the autonomy of compounding morphology. In Lapointe, S. G., Brentari, D. K. and Farrell, P. M., eds., Morphology and Its Relation to Phonology and Syntax, Stanford: CSLI, pp. 161–187.Google Scholar
Ten Hacken, P. (2016). The Semantics of Compounding, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wackernagel, J. (1905). Altindische Grammatik. II, 1: Einleitung zur Wortlehre. Nominalkomposition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht.Google Scholar
Wälchli, B. (2005). Co-compounds and natural coordination, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Wälchli, B. (2015). Co-compounds. In Müller, P. O., Ohnheiser, I., Olsen, S. and Rainer, F., eds., Word-Formation: An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 707–727.CrossRefGoogle Scholar