A useful distinction to be made is that between endocentric and exocentric compounds, the former showing a semantic head, which is not present in the latter. |
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Do you have something against endocentric compounds? |
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The predicate is the kernel of the narrative predication, which is an endocentric construction. |
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In the endocentric group the compound is the hyponym of the head element, for example apple tree is a kind of tree. |
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This paper proposes a unified account of headship assignment in Spanish endocentric compounds with a nominal non-head. |
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