Compound Adjectives in Business German in Names of Products Properties

Německá adjektivní kompozita v pojmenováních vlastností zboží

Věra Höppnerová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2014, vol. 2014, issue 6, 79-89

Abstract: In German, compounding is a very productive type of word formation used for creating names of product properties. Circa 500 compound adjectives are divided into five structural groups. The frequency of both constituents of compound adjectives is examined, and their semantic relationships are characterized. The individual structural types are assigned Czech equivalents, in which compound adjectives are relatively rare. The most frequent counterparts are phrases whose core - an adjective - is determined by an adverb, a noun or a prepositional phrases in apposition.

Keywords: compound adjectives; their structural groups; their semantic relationships; Czech equivalents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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