어휘.통사적 관점에서 본 합성어 연구

Abstract

In this thesis, I will be looking at the proposals that have been offered by Lees(1960), Chomsky(1970), Allen(1978), Selkirk(1982), and Fabb(1984) to account for English compound. They have attempted to analyse English compound. However, there are also problems in their arguments. The aim of this thesis is to investigate English compound based on the lexical and syntactic perspective. In this thesis to solve the problems in their arguments above, I will analyse English compound from the angle of the lexical and syntactic perspective. By doing so, I will reveal that the lexical and syntactic perspective can explain English compound more persuasively than any other analysis. This thesis is organized as follows: In chapter 1, I provide an introductory remark about this thesis. In chapter 2, I examine English compound. In chapter 3, I point out the problems of the analysis of English compound based on the lexical perspective, which was offered by Chomsky(1970), Allen(1978), and Selkirk(1982). In chapter 4, I point out the problems of the analysis of English compound based on the syntactic perspective, which was offered by Lees(1960) and Fabb(1984). Chapter 5 is the main part of this thesis. Here I will attempt to analyse English compound from the angle of the lexical and syntactic perspective. So, I will expose that the lexical and syntactic perspective can explain English compound more persuasively than the former analysis. Chapter 6 is a concluding summary of this thesis.