Comparative Concept: binominal lexeme (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
binominal lexeme (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | binominal lexeme • binominal lexeme (construction) • binominal lexeme construction |
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Definition
a typifying (non-anchoring) construction that expresses a unitary concept by means of two object concepts. Example: in French moulin à vent and its English translation windmill, two object concepts, vent/wind and moulin/mill, combine syntactically to express a unitary concept. (Section 5.2.1)