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Öztürk, Hüseyin (2018)

The Differences between Compounds and Noun Phrases

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

Linguistics is the field of study that is concerned with language. This field includes the study of syntax, grammar, phonology, morphology and more. Morphology and syntax are the two main linguistic fields that this thesis is concerned with. Morphology is the subfield of linguistics that is concerned with words and their structure. Compounding is a process that unites two lexemes to create a new, unique lexeme. Within this field of study, linguists such as Bauer and Giegerich have concerned themselves with the compounding process. One important question that has not received an answer to this day is whether Noun + Noun constructions are created through the morphological process called compounding or whether they are created in the syntax and therefore are noun phrases consisting of a head and a nominal modifier. This debate has split the linguistic community into two factions.

English

Compound

Noun Phrases

Author

Öztürk, Hüseyin

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Noteboom, Martina

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en