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| − | '''Exocentric Compound''' is a term used to refer to a particular type of compound, viz. compounds that lack a [[head]]. Often these compounds refer to pejorative properties of human beings. A Dutch compound such as ''wijsneus'' 'wise guy' (LIT. 'wise-nose') (in normal usage) does not refer to a nose that is wise. In fact, it does not even refer to a nose, but to a human being with a particular property. An alternative term used for compounds such as ''wijsneus'' is bahuvrihi compound. | + | '''Exocentric Compound''' is a term used to refer to a particular type of [[compound]], viz. compounds that lack a [[head]]. Often these compounds refer to pejorative properties of human beings. A Dutch compound such as ''wijsneus'' 'wise guy' (LIT. 'wise-nose') (in normal usage) does not refer to a nose that is wise. In fact, it does not even refer to a nose, but to a human being with a particular property. An alternative term used for compounds such as ''wijsneus'' is [[bahuvrihi compound]]. |
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Exocentric Compound is a term used to refer to a particular type of compound, viz. compounds that lack a head. Often these compounds refer to pejorative properties of human beings. A Dutch compound such as wijsneus 'wise guy' (LIT. 'wise-nose') (in normal usage) does not refer to a nose that is wise. In fact, it does not even refer to a nose, but to a human being with a particular property. An alternative term used for compounds such as wijsneus is bahuvrihi compound.
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Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Kiparsky, P. 1982. From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology, in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations (I), pp.131-175
- Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.
