In this paper I study exocentricity and its common issues in linguistic morphology; likewise I propose a metonymic analysis as an alternative to exocentricity. Exocentricity is a contradictory concept and in its definition, structural and semantic concepts are mixed. Various types of compounds (sacacorchos, cara dura, puntapié) are considered exocentric without the criteria taken into account were clearly defined. Because of this, it has been considered a heterogeneous and even anomalous category (Benveniste, 1977; Bauer, 2008; Scalise and Guevara, 2006). Instead, this research proposes a metonymic analysis, based on the phenomenon of “reference point” (Langacker, 1999). This concept is, I argue, more explanatory and has greater cognitive r...
International audienceIn this paper, we question the most used denomination to qualify the periphras...
Las cuestiones relacionadas con el cuidado del medioambiente han originado nuevas realidades y conce...
Neste artigo, cujo objeto de investigação é a metonímia, pretende-se analisar casos não convencional...
The identification of a compound as endocentric or exocentric depends on the notion of head: if a c...
none2In this paper we have tried to show in detail how exocentricity in compounding is a notion tha...
The points of departure of this paper are the concepts of endocentric and exocentric construction fo...
En este artículo se analizan las predicaciones externas que desarrollan algunas palabras compuestas ...
none3A new approach to exocentricity in compounding is presented. Namely exocentricity can be morpho...
While there is a vast number of compounds in English whose meaning (and motivation) can be traced ba...
Exocentric compounding is a creative morphological process that contributes to the English lexicon. ...
In the past two decades, numerous studies have been written on the successful application of metapho...
This paper tackles the morphophonological diversity of Spanish compounds (manirroto, cuelgacapas, pe...
This study aims to delimit the concept of noun compound within the largest realm of Spanish compound...
El trabajo estudia los compuestos neológicos nombre-nombre del español a partir del análisis semánti...
Spanish and English have exocentric verb+obiect = subiect/instrument compounds, such as abrelatas (o...
International audienceIn this paper, we question the most used denomination to qualify the periphras...
Las cuestiones relacionadas con el cuidado del medioambiente han originado nuevas realidades y conce...
Neste artigo, cujo objeto de investigação é a metonímia, pretende-se analisar casos não convencional...
The identification of a compound as endocentric or exocentric depends on the notion of head: if a c...
none2In this paper we have tried to show in detail how exocentricity in compounding is a notion tha...
The points of departure of this paper are the concepts of endocentric and exocentric construction fo...
En este artículo se analizan las predicaciones externas que desarrollan algunas palabras compuestas ...
none3A new approach to exocentricity in compounding is presented. Namely exocentricity can be morpho...
While there is a vast number of compounds in English whose meaning (and motivation) can be traced ba...
Exocentric compounding is a creative morphological process that contributes to the English lexicon. ...
In the past two decades, numerous studies have been written on the successful application of metapho...
This paper tackles the morphophonological diversity of Spanish compounds (manirroto, cuelgacapas, pe...
This study aims to delimit the concept of noun compound within the largest realm of Spanish compound...
El trabajo estudia los compuestos neológicos nombre-nombre del español a partir del análisis semánti...
Spanish and English have exocentric verb+obiect = subiect/instrument compounds, such as abrelatas (o...
International audienceIn this paper, we question the most used denomination to qualify the periphras...
Las cuestiones relacionadas con el cuidado del medioambiente han originado nuevas realidades y conce...
Neste artigo, cujo objeto de investigação é a metonímia, pretende-se analisar casos não convencional...