Дипломная работа: Comparative Analysis of the Compound Words
· According to the type of correlation all productive types of compound words may be classified into four major classes:
1. Adjectival-nominalcompounds comprise four subgroups of compound adjectives-three of them are proper and one derivational, they are built after the following formulas and patterns:
· a, b) the n+a formula, e. g. snow-white, colour-blind, journey-tired correlative; with word-groups of the A + as+N,. A +prp+ Ntype, e. g. white as snow, blind to colours, tired of journey. The structure is polysemantic;
· c) the s+ved formula, e g. fear-stained, duty-bound, wind-driven correlated with word-groups of the type Ved with/by+N, e. g. stained with tears, bound by duty ,etc. The distributional formula is monosemantic and is based on the instrumental relations between the components;
· d) num+n formula, e. g. (a) two-day (beard), (a) seven-year (plan), (a) forty-hour (week) correlative with Num + N type of phrases, e. g. two days, sevenyears , etc. Adjectives of this subgroup are used only attributively;
· e) the (a+n) + -ed pattern of derivational compounds, e. g. long-legged, low-ceilinged . This structure includes two more variants; the first member of the first component may be a numeral stem or a noun-stem (num+n) +-ed, (n+n) +-ed, e. g. one-sided, three-cornered, doll-faced, bell-shaped . Compounds of this subgroup are correlative with phrases of the type—with (having) + A+N, with (having) + Num+N, with (having)+N+N (or N+of+N), e. g. with (or having) a low ceiling, with (or having) one side, with (or having) three corners, with (or having) a doll face for with (or having) the face of a doll, with (or having) the shape of a bell.
· The system of productive types of compound adjectives may be presented as follows (table 2).
2. Verbal-nominal compounds belong to compound nouns. They may all be described through one general distributional s