ABRELATAS AND SCARECROW NOUNS: EXOCENTRIC VERB-NOUN COMPOUNDS. AS ILLUSTRATIONS OF BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE GRAMMAR
Spanish and English have exocentric verb+obiect = subiect/instrument compounds, such as abrelatas (opens-cans) 'can-opener' and scarecrow. They share a general constructional pattem, consist of "clumps" or subfamilies of forms, and have a negative or jocular tendency. They differ...
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Universidad de Murcia
2003-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48321 |