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			==Definition==
	A '''root compound''' is a [[compound]] whose [[head]] is not [[deverbal]] or whose non-head does not have the function of [[argument]] of the verb from which the head is [[derivation\|derived]].		A '''root compound''' is a [[compound]] whose [[head]] is not [[deverbal]] or whose non-head does not have the function of [[argument]] of the verb from which the head is [[derivation\|derived]].

	=== Example ===		== Example ==

	[[English]] compounds such as ''housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook'', and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as ''truck driver'' on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb ''drive''. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. [[Synthetic compound]].		[[English]] compounds such as ''housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook'', and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as ''truck driver'' on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb ''drive''. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. [[Synthetic compound]].

	=== Links ===		== Links ==
			*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
	[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

	~~=== References ===~~

			== References ==
	* Fabb, N. 1984. ''Syntactic Affixation,'' PhD diss. MIT.		* Fabb, N. 1984. ''Syntactic Affixation,'' PhD diss. MIT.
	* Lieber, R. 1983. ''Argument Linking and Compounds in English,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA		* Lieber, R. 1983. ''Argument Linking and Compounds in English,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
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A '''root compound''' is a [[compound]] whose [[head]] is not [[deverbal]] or whose non-head does not have the function of [[argument]] of the verb from which the head is [[derivation|derived]].

=== Example ===

[[English]] compounds such as ''housewife, blackbird, overcoat, rattlesnake, well-formed, off-white, overlook'', and so on do not have a deverbal head, and therefore can be called root compounds. A compound such as ''truck driver'' on the other hand has a deverbal head and the non-head is an argument of the embedded verb ''drive''. The distinction between root compounds and synthetic compounds has played a major role in theoretical discussions since the late seventies. Another term for root compound is primary compound. [[Synthetic compound]].

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+compound&lemmacode=358 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Fabb, N. 1984. ''Syntactic Affixation,'' PhD diss. MIT.
* Lieber, R. 1983. ''Argument Linking and Compounds in English,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14:2, pp.251-285, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
* Roeper, T. 1988. ''Compound syntax and head movement,'' Yearbook of morphology 1, 187-228
* Roeper, T. 1987. ''Implicit arguments and the head-complement relation,'' Linguistic Inquiry 18, 267-310
* Roeper, T. and D. Siegel 1978. ''A Lexical Transformation for Verbal Compounds,'' Linguistic Inquiry 9, pp. 199-260
* Selkirk, E. O. 1982a. ''The Syntax of Words, MIT Press,'' Cambridge, Mass.
* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
* Sproat, R. 1985. ''On Deriving the Lexicon,'' PhD diss. MIT.

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