Found:
Synthetic compound
MORPHOLOGY: a particular type of
compound, viz. compounds whose head is derived
from a verb by affixation, and where the non-head fulfills the function of argument
or complement of the verb.
EXAMPLE: the English compounds truck driver, truck driving,
fast acting and pan fried are synthetic compounds. Synthetic compounds
have played a major role in the development of linguistic theory, since they raise a
number a questions concerning the morphology-syntax interface. Another term for
synthetic compound is verbal compound.
LIT. | Fabb, N. (1984) Lieber, R. (1983) Roeper, T. (1988) Roeper, T. (1987) Roeper, T. and D. Siegel (1978) Selkirk, E. O. (1982a) Spencer, A. (1991) Sproat, R. (1985) |