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Lexical Structures: Compounding and the Modules of Grammar by Heinz Giegerich (Hardcover, 2015)

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ISBN-13: 9780748624614, 978-0748624614. An original study of both structural entities originating in the lexicon, and the structural characteristics of the lexicon as a module of formal grammar, this book makes two contributions to our understanding of the formal grammar of English.

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English word formation has two disruptive problems which this book will address. Firstly, it presents a consistent theory of `compounding'. There is a long-standing dispute in the literature as to whether certain constructions (e.g. LONDON ROAD) are compound words or syntactic phrases. Secondly, the book suggests an alternative to the commonly assumed sharp division of the grammar into the `lexicon' and the `syntax'. The book illustrates a grammar that is rather different from that envisaged in Lexicalism and provides a better understanding of some of the most recalcitrant problems in English word formation.