Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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Compounds headed by the final noun are largely 'kind of noun' compounds (noun-noun/adj-noun) and are much less productive than the right-branching ones often of a noun-adjective form. | Compounds headed by the final noun are largely 'kind of noun' compounds (noun-noun/adj-noun) and are much less productive than the right-branching ones often of a noun-adjective form. | ||
Verb-verb compounding also occurs, e.g. '' | Verb-verb compounding also occurs, e.g. ''duaħivingī́'' 'go extinct, perish, die out' < ''duaħī́'' 'fade, be erased' + ''vingī́'' 'die'. | ||
====Incorporation==== | ====Incorporation==== | ||
Nouns and adverbs can be incorporated into verbs as they can into adjectives. This is primarily a derivational, rather than grammatical, device. | Nouns and adverbs can be incorporated into verbs as they can into adjectives. This is primarily a derivational, rather than grammatical, device. | ||