ABSTRACT
In Lieber’s (1983) word formation, assumed process in which a thematic relation is attributed by a verb or a preposition within the word structure to a word-internal or - external argument, e.g. drawbridge and handpaint the picture, respectively. ( also composition, verbal vs root compound, word syntax)
Reference
Lieber, R. 1983. Argument linking and compounds in English. LingI 14. 251-85.
