LINGUIST List 13.2142

Wed Aug 21 2002

Qs: German Compounds, Verb Movement

Editor for this issue: Renee Galvis <reneelinguistlist.org>

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1. Gary H. Toops, Question: German compound forms
2. Anney Thorvaldsdottir, Verb movement in language acquisition

In German certain words exhibit more than one form when occurring as
an element in a compound word, e.g.:

Sprache: SPRACHunterricht 'language instruction' vs.
 FremdSPRACHENunterricht 'foreign language instruction'
	 (Sprach vs. Sprachen)

Boot: BOOTSverleih 'boat rental' vs.
 PaddelBOOTverleih 'paddle boat rental'
 (Boots vs. Boot)

Inland: INLANDflug 'domestic flight' vs.
 INLANDSbrief 'domestic letter'
 (Inland vs. Inlands)

What, if anything, has been written about this phenomenon? Is there a
standard explanation for these variations in compounding?

Gary H. Toops
Professor
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Modern and Classical Languages Direct phone: +1 316 978-6163
 and Literatures Dept. phone: +1 316 978-3180
Wichita State University Dept. fax: +1 316 978-3293
Wichita KS 67260-0011 USA http://mcll.wichita.edu/russian

We are two students from Iceland and we are studying Icelandic as a
second language at the University of Iceland.

Does anyone have information of how verb movement works in Spanish and
Vietnamese or references concerning that? It's hard to get references
in Iceland.

Kind regards, Anney and Hildur