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The representation and processing of compound words / edited by Gary Libben and Gonia Jarema. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xv, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Oxford linguistics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-221) and indexes.

Why study compound processing? : an overview of the issues / Compound types / Compound representation and processing : a cross-language perspective / The neuropsychology of compound words / Preschool children's acquisition of compounds / Doghouse/Chien-maison/niche : approaches to the understanding of compound processing in bilinguals / Conceptual combination : implictions for the mental lexicon / Processing Chinese compounds : a survey of the literature / Gary Libben -- Wolfgang U. Dressler -- Gonia Jarema -- Carlo Semenza and Sara Mondini -- Elena Nicoladis -- Erika S. Levy, Mira Goral, and Loraine K. Obler -- Christina L. Gagné and Thomas L. Spalding -- James Myers.

ISBN: 0199285063 (alk. paper) 9780199285068 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005018640

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grammar, Comparative and general--Compound words--Psychological aspects.

LC Class. No.: P245 / .R47 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 425 / R425