Complex non-compound words in Swedish
Klingvall, Eva LU
(2012)
In Studia Linguistica
66(1).
p.1-31
- Abstract
- Abstract in Undetermined
This paper is concerned with the structure of Swedish complex words with a past participle in the right-hand position and one of the elements latt/svar/snabb/trog/tung(easy/difficult/fast/slow/heavy) in the left-hand position. Although these words look very similar to compound participles, such as hembakad (homebaked), they have systematically different properties. Compounds in Swedish are right-headed and behave largely like their heads. These complex words, however, do not behave syntactically like the participles in their right-hand position. The words differ from compounds also in failing to entail the meaning of their right-hand segment. I argue that these properties can be explained if we analyze the... (More) - Abstract in Undetermined
This paper is concerned with the structure of Swedish complex words with a past participle in the right-hand position and one of the elements latt/svar/snabb/trog/tung(easy/difficult/fast/slow/heavy) in the left-hand position. Although these words look very similar to compound participles, such as hembakad (homebaked), they have systematically different properties. Compounds in Swedish are right-headed and behave largely like their heads. These complex words, however, do not behave syntactically like the participles in their right-hand position. The words differ from compounds also in failing to entail the meaning of their right-hand segment. I argue that these properties can be explained if we analyze the words as left-headed rather than right-headed. The adjective in the left-hand position is thus the head of the word, taking the participle as its complement. (Less)
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- Klingvall, Eva
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- 2012
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- Studia Linguistica
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- 66
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- 1
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- 1 - 31
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000301643900001
- scopus:84858632522
- ISSN
- 1467-9582
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2012.01188.x
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- English
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