- One of the most carefully detailed studies of compounding in any language
- Provides a thorough, data-rich and theoretically informed treatment of compounding in Modern Greek, which abounds in intricate compound structures
- Compares Greek compounds with similar formations of languages that are genetically and typologically different
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- About this book
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One of the core challenges in linguistics is elucidating compounds—their formation as well as the reasons their structure varies between languages. This book on Modern Greek rises to the challenge with a meticulous treatment of its diverse, intricate compounds, a study as grounded in theory as it is rich in data. Enhancing our knowledge of compounding and word-formation in general, its exceptional scope is a worthy model for linguists, particularly morphologists, and offers insights for students of syntax, phonology, dialectology and typology, among others. The author examines first-tier themes such as the order and relations of constituents, headedness, exocentricity, and theta-role saturation. She shows how Modern Greek compounding relates to derivation and inflection, and charts the boundaries between compounds and phrases. Exploring dialectically variant compounds, and identifying historical changes, the analysis extends to similarly formed compounds in wholly unrelated languages.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-6
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Defining a Greek Compound
Pages 7-27
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Grammatical Category and Constituents
Pages 29-46
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Compound Marking
Pages 47-73
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Stress and Morphological Structure
Pages 75-98
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Compounding in Modern Greek
- Authors
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- Angela Ralli
- Series Title
- Studies in Morphology
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-4960-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-4960-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-4959-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8272-2
- Series ISSN
- 2214-0042
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 302
- Topics
