A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Questions


A. Which combinations of two words are ambiguous compound nouns? (List them
by number.)

B. Which combinations of two words could be either a noun phrase or a
compound noun? (List them by number.)

C. (Optional) Either draw or describe a drawing or situation similar to the pairs
found in this exercise. That is, find a case of (1) a compound that has two
possible meanings or (2) a case of a sequence of words that are interpretable
either as a compound or as a noun phrase.
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