Date: 15-Jul-2009 From: Elyse Turr <elyse.turroup.com> Subject: Co-Compounds and Natural Coordination: Wälchli E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Co-Compounds and Natural Coordination
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Published: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author: Bernhard Wälchli
Paperback: ISBN: 0199563322 9780199563326 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 49.95
Abstract:
This book presents a typological survey and analysis of the co-compound construction. This understudied phenomenon is essentially a compound whose meaning is the result of coordinating the meanings of its components, as when in some varieties of English 'father-mother' denotes 'parents'. During the course of the book Dr. Walchi examines and discusses topics of great theoretical and linguistic interest. These include the notion of word, markedness, the syntax and semantics of coordination, grammaticalization, lexical semantics, the distinction between compounding and phrase formation, and the constructional meanings leanguages can deploy. The book makes many observations and points about typology and areal features and includes a wealth of unfamiliar data. It will be invaluable for typologists and of considerable interest to a variety of specialists including lexicologists, morphologists, construction grammarians, cognitive linguists, semanticists, field linguists, and syntacticians.
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