In sequential compounds, two or more stems are signed one after another. In some of these, there are phonological reduction and assimilation processes, in others the stems are just fully expressed. As the stem can be part of the core and non-core lexicon (which include classifiers or pointing signs), there are four logical combinations of sequential compounds, as shown in the table below.
Table: Possible patterns in sequential compounds
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Core |
Non-core |
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Core |
Core^Core |
Core^Non-core |
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Non-core |
Non-core^Core |
Non-core^Non-core |
Example of each of these combinations are shown below.
An example of Core^Core is the compound for ‘(to) fall in love’, composed by the core signs heart and goal.
heart^goal
‘(To) fall in love’ (based on Santoro, 2018: 156)
An example of Core^Non-core is the compound for ‘hard disk’,which is composed by the core sign memory and by the SASS(flat open 5): ‘rectangular_prism’ that denotes the size of the object itself (MORPHOLOGY 5.2).
memory^SASS(flat open 5): ‘rectangular_prism’
‘Hard disk’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 41)
An example of Non-core^Core is the compound for ‘fridge’which is composed by a handling classifier (MORPHOLOGY 5.1.3), which denotes how to open the fridge, and by the core sign cold.
CL(closed 5): ‘open_the_fridge’^cold
‘Fridge’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 42)
An example of Non-core^Non-core is compound for ‘dishwasher’,which is composed by the handling classifier which denotes how to open the dishwasher itself and the classifier that denotes the movement of the machine.
CL(closed 5): ‘open_the_dishwasher’^CL(G): ‘spin’
‘Dishwasher’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 43)