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SUMMARY:Compounding in English and the nature of attribution - Prof Heinz 
 Giegerich (Department of Linguistics and English Language\, University of 
 Edinburgh)
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CONTACT:Christopher Lucas
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I want to pursue two questions. (1) What are the 
 characteristics of the attribute-head relationship in English? And (2)\, i
 n what way(s) do these characteristics shed light on the well-known distin
 ction between NP and ‘compound’ N? I want to argue that many of the ch
 aracteristics of attribution are found on either side of the syntax-lexico
 n divide (such that there is ‘postlexical’ and ‘lexical’ attributi
 on) and that the differences between the two can largely be predicted from
  more general characteristics of syntactic and lexical constructions. But 
 I shall also show that the purported modular ‘divide’ is not as robust
  as has been claimed both in lexicalism and in traditional grammar. 
LOCATION:GR06-7\, English Faculty\, 9 West Road (Sidgwick Site)
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