Los compuestos nominales en el componente de expresión : implicaciones para una sintaxis funcional

Abstract

this article is devoted to the implications of the treatment of English nominal compounds in the expression component of Functional Grammar (Dik 1978, 1989) for the explanation of certain inconsistencies found in the linearization of the nominal phrase with respect to the order adopted in other domains of the language. In the first place we describe the generation of English root compunds by means of an external control syntax. Afterwards, we insist on the relevance of the tendency to intra-domain harmony for the description and explanation of constituent ordering. Finally, we offer an account of prefield-postfield inconsistencies in the nominal phrase based on the displacement of focalized subconstituents.