Compound Verbs and (Para)synthetic Adjectives in English. Structure and Semantics
Compound Verbs and (Para)synthetic Adjectives in English. Structure and Semantics

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the supposed lexical relatedness between NV compound verbs and (para)synthetic adjectives in English, suggesting that said relatedness is not supported by word-formative data. A uniform treatment is discussed that does away with the synthesis – parasynthesis distinction. In addition, the semantics of (para)synthetic adjectives is said to result from the borrowing of frames from actualised clause patterns and idiomatic structures. Syntactic and lexical conditions that favour the production of (para)synthetic adjectives are identified. The paper also describes a newly developed reference database, which provides data on a number of features associated with English (para)synthetic adjectives.

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