The identification of a compound as endocentric or exocentric depends on the notion of
head: if a compound has a head (or two), it is called endocentric; if it has no head, it is called …

This paper aims at giving an up-to-date picture of compounding in Italian on the basis of
most recent literature. First and foremost, we illustrate the basic units of Italian compounds …

L'italiano è generalmente considerata una lingua che utilizza prevalentemente la
derivazione per espandere il proprio lessico; d'altra parte, la composizione ha recentemente …

To achieve language proficiency, infants must find the building blocks of speech and master
the rules governing their legal combinations. However, these problems are linked: words are …

This paper offers a descriptive survey of compounding in contemporary Russian. First of all,
it focuses on the nature of the constituting elements of Russian compounds and on the …

Subordinate and synthetic represent well-attested modes of compounding across
languages. Although the two classes exhibit some structural and interpretative analogies …

The paper compares two rival word-formation constructions giving rise to compound agent
nouns in Russian, ie,(para) synthetic compounds formed with the agentive suffixes-ec and …

The term parasynthetic is sometimes also used to refer to nouns and adjectives derived from
compounds or in which both a prefix and a suffix are attached to a lexical base. In the case …

The paper aims at giving a descriptive and theoretical account of two types of lexical
constructions in contemporary Russian. First, we explore the so-called phrasal lexemes …

The study of morphology is central to linguistics, and morphotactics-the general principles by
which the parts of a word form are arranged-is essential to the study of morphology. Drawing …