This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.

This book presents a comprehensive review of theoretical work on the linguistics and psycholinguistics of compound words and combines it with a series of survey

Presents three frameworks for studying morphology, offering different insights into the meaning of compounds.

Metaphorical and metonymical compounds – novel and lexicalised ones alike – are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an exp

Anyone writing texts in English is constantly faced with the unavoidable question whether to use open spelling (drinking fountain), hyphenation (far-off) or sol