There are two or more approaches in explaining the coordination in compounding: the lexicalist and the generativist. Does the morphology-syntax theory work on coordinate compounds in English? If so, can anyone explain with examples?
Dear Abdul (is this the correct form of address?),
I am intrigued by your question. It seems to suggest that lexicalist approaches are not generativist. I am not sure why you'd say that. My impression was that within a generativist approach, there are lexicalist camps (taking the position that every morpho-/phono-syntactic properties are projected from terminal nodes) and there are constructivist camps that might take the construction as primary.
In any case, "father-daughter dance" might be derived via Incorporation. If we start with an NP [dance [PP of father and daughter] ] , the PP can incorporate into the head of the NP to give the requisite compound.
I haven't touched syntax for some time, so my account is likely to be problematic, but I hope it's helpful.
Best,
Lian-Hee
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