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By Evelien Keizer

English has an engaging number of noun words, which vary drastically in constitution. Examples are 'binominal' (two-noun) words ('a beast of a party'); possessive structures ('the author's opinion'); and discontinuous noun words ('the assessment [came out the day gone by] of his book'). How are those assorted noun words established? How can we produce and comprehend them? those questions are critical to this 2007 examine, which explores the interplay among the shape of noun words, their which means, and their use. It indicates how, regardless of the necessity in linguistic research for strict different types, many linguistic structures in truth defy hassle-free type - and concludes that during order to completely clarify the inner constitution of utterances, we needs to first give some thought to the communicative, pragmatic and cognitive elements that come into play. Drawing on quite a number real examples, this publication sheds gentle not just at the noun word itself but additionally the character of linguistic classification.

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