The semantics of lexical modification
The semantics of lexical modification
meaning and meaning relations in German A+N compounds
The chapter explores the semantics of German A+N compounds as opposed to A+N phrases. Taking into account various data, the chapter shows that in their semantics, German A+N compounds are far from being simple or consistent. The main claim is that there are systematic meaning differences between lexical and syntactic adjectival modification but that these differences do not arise from differences on the level of semantic form. That is, the internal modification relations found in A+N compounds and A+N phrases are basically the same, contrary to what has been proposed in the literature. Furthermore, the chapter also discusses differences and similarities between the semantic properties of A+N and N+N compounds.
Keywords: compound, modification, German, phrase, nominal compounding, adjective noun sequences
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