1.1.1.1.1. Endocentric compounds

A LIS example of endocentric compound is heart^attack. This compound is formed by two stems coming from the core lexicon.

 

               

         heart^attack

         ‘Heart attack’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 50)

 

The meaning of the whole compound is compositionally obtained combining the meanings of the two members.

         Another example is CL(4): ‘columns’^CL(4): ‘rows’ for ‘table/chart’. This compound is formed by two stems coming from the non-core lexicon (two classifiers).

 

                          

         CL(4): ‘columns’^CL(4): ‘rows’

         ‘Table/chart’ (recreated from Santoro, 2018: 54)

 

The meaning of whole compound (table, intended as an arrangement of numbers or symbols in rows on a page) is transparent.