Рефераты. Comparative Analysis of the Compound Words

Chapter II

2.2.1 The Criteria of Compounds

What is the criterion of a compound? Many scholars have claimed that a compound is determined by the underlying concept, others have advocated stress, and some even seek the solution of the problem in spelling. H. Koziol holds that the criterion of a compound is a psychological unity of combination, adding that there “seems to be” a difference of intonation between a compound and a syntactic group which it is, however, difficult to describe.

Stress also has been advocated as a criterion. “Wherever we hear lesser or least stress upon a word which would always show high stress in a phrase, we describe it as a compound member ice - cream `ajs - krijm is a compound, but ice cream is a phrase, although there is no denotative difference of meaning. Uzbek “ош?озон” is a compound (the organ of body) but “ош ?озон” is a phrase which means “a pot for making a plov”. In German “hellgrun” is a compound which means “light - green”, but “hell grun” is a phrase with the meaning “light green” (ёру?лик яшил).

For a combination to be a compound there is one condition to be fulfilled: the compound must be morphologically isolated from a parallel syntactic group. Blackbird has the morpho - phonemic stress pattern of a compound, black market money by a post - office. These two stress patterns are the commonest among compound words and in many cases they acquire a contrasting force distinguishing compound words from word groups, especially when the arrangement and order of stems parallel the word - order and the distributional formula of the phrase, thus a `green - house' - "a glass - house for cultivating tender plants" is contrasted to a 'green 'house - "a house that is painted green", 'dancing - girl - "a dancer" to 'dancing 'girl - "a girl who is dancing", 'missing - lists - "lists of men and officers who are missing after a battle" to 'missing 'lists - "lists that are missing", 'mad - doctor - "a psychiatrist" to 'mad 'doctor - "a doctor who is mad".

3) It is not in frequent, however, for both components to have level stress as in, e.g. 'arm - 'chair, 'icy - 'cold, 'grass - 'green.

All substantial compounds show this pattern, with the exception of those first element is the pronouns all or self. such compounds have double stress (e.g. 'all 'soul, 'all - 'creator, 'self - 'respect, 'self - 'seeker) of adjectival compounds only two types have the stable stress pattern heave stress / middle stress: the type color - blind and heart - breaking.

All other adjectival types are basically double - stressed.

2.2.2 Inseparability of Compound Words

Structurally the inseparability of compounds manifests itself in the specific order and arrangement of stems which stand out most clearly in all asyntactic compounds. It is of interest to note that the difference between words and stems even when they coincide morphemically is especially evident in compound adjectives proper. Adjectives like long, wide, rich are characterized by grammatical forms of degrees of comparison longer, wider, richer. The corresponding stems lack grammatical independence and forms proper to the words and retain only the part - of - speech meaning, thus compound adjectives with adjective stems for their second components, e.g. age-long, oil-rich, do not form degrees of comparison the way words long, rich do. They conform to the general rule of polysyllabic adjectives having analytical forms of degrees of comparison. This difference between words and stems is not so noticeable in compound nouns with the noun stem for the second component, as the paradigm of the compound word coincides with the paradigm of the noun whose stem constitutes its structural centre.

Graphically most compounds have two types of spelling they are spelt either solidly or with a hyphen. Both types of spelling when accompanied by structural or phonetic peculiarities serve as a sufficient indication of inseparability of compound words in contradistinction to phrases. It is true that hyphenated spelling when not accompanied by some other indications of inseparability may be sometimes misleading, as it may be used in word-groups to underline the phraseological character of combination as in, e.g. daughter-in-law, father-in-law, man-of-war, brother-in-arms, etc. which are neither structurally, nor phonetically marked by inseparability.

The two types of spelling typical of compounds, however, are not rigidly observed and there are numerous fluctuations between solid or hyphenated spelling on the one hand and spelling with a space between the components on the other, especially in nominal compounds built on the n+n formula. The spelling of these compounds varies from author to and author from dictionary to dictionary. For example, words--war-path, war-time, money-lender--are spelt both with a hyphen or solidly; blood-poisoning, money-order, wave - length, blood-vessel, war-ship--with a hyphen end with a break;1 underfoot, insofar, underhand--solidly and with a break. This inconsistency of spelling in compounds, very often accompanied by a level stress pattern (equally typical of word groups) makes the outer indications of inseparability stand out less clearly and gives rise to the problem of distinguishing between compound words and word-groups.

The numerous borderline cases between compounds and word-groups are connected with one of the most controversial problems in word-composition, known in linguistic literature as "the stonewall problem", in other words the problem whether complexes like stone wall, peace movement, summer days regularly spelt with a break should he regarded as compound words or word-groups. The solution of the problem centers on the nature of the first member of such formations. There are two approaches to this problem and linguists, consequently, give different appraisals of the graphic and phonetic integrity of such complexes.

Some linguists class such complexes as a specific group of compound words on the ground that the connection between the members of such complexes cannot be regarded as syntactic, as the usual means of connection between two nouns typical of Modern English syntax is either the possessive cafe or various prepositions:" They consequently conclude that the connection in formation of the "stone wall" type is asyntactic hence the members of these complexes are not words but grammatically unshaped elements, i.e. stems. As a junction of two noun-stems they are referred to compound words. The asyntactic structure is taken for a sufficient proof of their inseparability and lack of graphic integrity is disregarded. The proponents of this point of view go on to stale that these complexes may also be interpreted as combinations of an adjective with a noun, the adjective being formed from the noun-stem by means of conversion for the given occasion, in which case a compound word would remain primary and a word-group secondary. This brings the linguists to the conclusion that these complexes make a specific group of compound words, often termed neutral.1 they are characterized by structural instability due to which they can be easily disintegrated into free word-groups under the influence of parallel attributive combinations, level stress and spelling with a break between the components.

The above-cited treatment of these nominal complexes and the disregard of the outer, formal manifestations of inseparability is open to grave doubts. On the one hand, the productivity of conversion in formation of adjectives does not seem convincing because there are very few adjectives' of the type in independent use in Modern English; on the other hand it is argued that Modern English nouns in the Common case, singular are used in the attributive function and a purely syntactic nature of the combination of two; full-fledged nouns has been almost universally recognized in the last few decades. If we share the opinion, we shall come-to the obvious conclusion that there exists a nominal type of free phrases built on the formula N+N and a group of nominal compounds built on the n+n formula which stands in correlative relations to each other. The recognition of nominal free phrases deprives "neutral compounds" of theoretical validity. Nominal compounds remain a specific class of compounds but in this case the distributional formula even in the most indisputable cases has only a weakened distinguishing force and can by no means be taken for an overall criterion of their inseparability. It is evident that the hyphenated spelling or at least fluctuations between hyphenated spelling and spelling with a break become most significant in distinguishing nominal compound words from word-groups. Consequently nominal complexes which are regularly spelt with a space between the components and are characterized by level stress pattern can hardly be regarded as inseparable vocabulary units. It is noteworthy that occasional compounds of this type which have become-registered vocabulary units tend to solid or hyphenated spelling.

The component of Uzbek compounds are combined in this way: 1. phonetical changes in the 1st components of compound words. The consonants in the beginning of the 1st component may be changed into another component:

Ex: сич?ончўп - тиш?ончўп (the names of plant)

чилонжийда - жи лонжийда

созтупро? - со?тупро?

In some compounds suffixes may be omitted and may form variants of the compounds words.

Ex: тугмачагул - тугмагул (“ча” is omitted)

гадойтахлит - гадотахлит (“й” is omitted.)

айта олмаслbк - айтолмаслик11 Ўзбек тилининг имло лу?ати 1976 й.

бўла олмаслик - бўлолмаслик22 “Сўзнинг морфологик вариантлари” Р. Шукуров. 1990 й.

In compound word is ended with “йо”, it must be written separately if it is ended with “ё” it must be written together as one word.

Ex: ?ишлай олмо? - ?ишлаёлмо?

ушлай олмо? - ушлаёлмо?

тў?ий олмо? - тў?иёлмо?

To form a compound verb with the verbs “емо?, демо?” which have “e” sound in the root, one must add “я (й + а)” after “e, дe” e. g.: де+я олмо? - деяолмо?, е+я олмо?, eя олмо?.

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