A comparative study of compound words in English, Japanese and mainland Scandanavian

The aim of this thesis is to propose a structure for compounds, specifically compound nouns in Japanese, English and Mainland Scandinavian within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program and Bare Phrase Structure (Chomsky 1995). The purpose is to show that words are derived in Narrow Synta...

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Main Author: Mukai, Makiko
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432589