A Study of Metaphorical Noun-noun Compounds and Adjective-noun Compounds in English  

作　　者：邓欣怡 DENG Xin-yi(English Department,Guangzhou College of Technology and Business,Guangzhou 510850,China)

机构地区：[1]English Department,Guangzhou College of Technology and Business,Guangzhou 510850,China

出　　处：《海外英语》2020年第4期88-90,94,共4页Overseas English

摘　　要：Compounds are constantly used in everyday language,which has a significant contribution to forming new words in Eng lish.The meaning of a compound is not always the sum of its constituents,partly because some of those compounds bear metaphori cal/metonymic sense.This article focuses on the study of the metaphorical noun-noun compounds and adjective-noun compounds in English.Based on the semantic relationship between the compound and the constituents,and the parts that metaphorical sense occurs in the compound,three main types of metaphorical adjective-noun compounds were identified.Compounds are constantly used in everyday language, which has a significant contribution to forming new words in Eng-lish. The meaning of a compound is not always the sum of its constituents, partly because some of those compounds bear metaphori-cal/metonymic sense. This article focuses on the study of the metaphorical noun-noun compounds and adjective-noun compoundsin English. Based on the semantic relationship between the compound and the constituents, and the parts that metaphorical senseoccurs in the compound, three main types of metaphorical adjective-noun compounds were identified.

关 键 词：COMPOUND METAPHORICAL COMPOUND Adjective-noun COMPOUND Noun-noun COMPOUND 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]