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| − | '''Dvāndva''' <NOWIKI>[</NOWIKI>ˈdvɑːndvə<NOWIKI>]</NOWIKI> is a [[compound]] | + | '''Dvāndva''' <NOWIKI>[</NOWIKI>ˈdvɑːndvə<NOWIKI>]</NOWIKI> is a [[compound]] in which there is a simple conjunction of two words, without any further [[dependency]] holding between them, so each element could be [[head]]. |
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
Latest revision as of 17:06, 24 July 2014
Dvāndva [ˈdvɑːndvə] is a compound in which there is a simple conjunction of two words, without any further dependency holding between them, so each element could be head.
Examples
- Austria-Hungary
- freeze-dry
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- mother-child
- and possibly, player-coach.
Synonyms
Origin
Dvāndva arose by reduplication of the word dva ‘two’.
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Trask, Robert Lawrence. 1992. A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. London: Routledge.
