Between word-formation and syntax: Cross-linguistic perspectives on an ongoing debate

Abstract

The relation between word-formation and syntax and whether they form distinct domains of grammar or not has been discussed controversially in different theoretical frameworks. The answer to this question is closely connected to the languages under discussion, among other things, because languages seem to differ considerably in this regard. The discussion in this paper focuses on nominal compounds and phrases. On the basis of a great variety of data from a total of 14 European languages, it is argued that the relation between compounds and phrases, and, more generally, between word formation and syntax, should be characterized not in terms of a categorical but instead in terms of a gradient distinction.

The Influence of Fandom Language in the Word Formation of Indonesian Internet Slangs

“…He suggests that the description of the Indonesian wordformation has yet to be adequate, especially when compared to the massive development of new wordformation processes by Indonesian users nowadays and how a comprehensive assessment of the Indonesian system of word-formation based on the use of language by the speakers is needed to understand the language phenomena. In comparison, Schlücker [7] mentioned, "Morphological and syntactic lexical patterns can be conceived of as a series of related, but distinct constructions." She further elaborated how they both form a part of a continuum with fully morphological and fully syntactic at the endpoints with various mixed patterns that combine morphological and syntactic properties, which is in line with the non-modular approach to linguistic theory in particular constructionist frameworks.…”