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The purpose of this paper is to point out some limits in the English compound verbs’ classifications of previous studies and to propose an alternative approach to English compound verbs based on Relevance Theory. In the previous works of analyzing the relations between the constituents consisting of the compound verbs, English compounds verbs were generally classified according to their forms, functions, and meanings. In terms of functional relations between constituents, English compound words were classified as subordinative, determinative, or coordinative. And in terms of meanings between constituents, they were classified as endocentric and exocentric. However, those classifications cannot explicitly demonstrate why the same compound verb in the same classification can have different meanings in different contexts. Thus this paper argues that in Relevance Theory, English compound verbs are to be understood based on contextual information, and the meaning of English compound verbs should be understood through the process based on the ad hoc concept.
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- Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
- Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
- Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
- Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
- Volume : 35
- No :3
- Pages :327-339
- DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.35.3.201911.327
The Journal of Studies in Language
