1 Introduction : compounds and their meaning Pius ten Hacken
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When we consider a compound such as steamship, we have two types of information that can be used to find out the meaning. On one hand, we have the meaning of the components, steam and ship. These components are words, which makes it relatively easy to determine what their meaning is in other contexts. On the other hand, we have the relation between the two components. This relation is not overtly expressed and determining it is a central question in the semantics of compounding. In section 1.1, I describe how this question was treated in early generative approaches. They constitute the background for the three frameworks at the basis of the present volume. Section 1.2 introduces each of these frameworks and places them in their historical context. These frameworks are presented by their initiators in Chapters 2–4. Section 1.3 presents the other chapters, explaining how the data they discuss and the theoretical assumptions they make fit in with the general theme of the volume.
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