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Hinweis: Link zur Erstveröffentlichung URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/zgl-2020-2002
Beschreibung:
Despite their high frequency in present-day language, German proper
name compounds have received little attention in the linguistic literature. It has
been assumed that this pattern is rather recent, and possibly a loan from English.
Focusing on the period between 1600 and 1900, the paper provides evidence
against this claim. More specifically, I argue that the development of proper
name compounds can only be properly described if proper name compounds
that are names themselves (e. g., Martin-Luther-Universität ‘Martin Luther University’)
are strictly distinguished from those that are common nouns (e. g., Nilfahrt
‘Nile ride’). It is shown that both types develop differently, and in particular that
common noun compounds undergo a functional extension in this period. In this
connection the paper also discusses the idea of proper name compounds as competitors
of the genitive and it compares proper name compounds and alternative
constructions with respect to the concept of the “Nominalklammer” (nominal
frame).