1.1.1.3. Compounds involving Size-and-Shape Specifiers (SASS)
In compounds involving a Size-and-Shape-Specifier [Morphology– 5.2.], the head of the compound may not be identifiable, as the SASS might represent an entity, but also alternatively a feature of the entity. In TİD, the SASS usually follows the lexical sign. Examples are presented below:
sound^CL (B):'two_vertical_objects'
'loudspeakers’
red^CL(<): ‘round_object'
'tomato’
bındı^CL(<):‘round_object'
'coconut’
swım^CL(g,B):‘round_object'
'swimming pool’
In contrast to SASSes that modify nouns in a phrase as adjectives [Lexicon – 3.4.], the SASSes in compounds are lexicalized. For instance, even when referring to a cubic tomato, roundness SASS in the compound is still obligatory when the compound is modified by another shape feature:
red^CL(<):‘round_object'^cube
‘a cubic tomato’
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