TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Gunkel, Lutz
A1  - Zifonun, Gisela
T1  - Classifying modifiers in common names
JF  - Word Structure
N2  - Complex common names such as Indian elephant or green tea denote a certain type of entity, viz. kinds. Moreover, those kinds  are always subkinds of the kind denoted by their head noun. Establishing such subkinds is essentially the task of classifying modifiers that are a defining trait of endocentrically structured complex common names. Examining complex common names of different lexico-syntactic types(NN compounds, N+N syntagmas, NP/PP syntagmas, A+N syntagmas) and from different languages (particularly English, German and French) it can be shown that complex common names are subject to language- independent formal and semantic constraints. In particular, complex common names qualify as name-like expressions in that they tend to be deficient in terms of formal complexity and semantic compositionality.
KW  - Deutsch
KW  - Appellativum
KW  - Kontrastive Morphologie
KW  - Wortbildung
KW  - Komposition
KW  - Englisch
KW  - Französisch
Y1  - 2009
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-47013
SN  - 1750-1245
SS  - 1750-1245
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3366/E1750124509000415
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3366/E1750124509000415
N1  - The article has been accepted for publication by Edinburgh University Press in the journal "Word structure. Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 205-218. ISSN 1750-1245, Available Online Oct 2009". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/E1750124509000415
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 205
EP  - 218
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
CY  - Edinburgh
ER  -