On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 03:46:56PM +0000, Michael Ludwig wrote: > > Von: Walter Underwood > > > German noun decompounding is a little more complicated than it might > > seem. > > > > There can be transformations or inflections, like the "s" in > > "Weinachtsbaum" (Weinachten/Baum). > > I remember from my linguistics studies that the terminus technicus for > these is "Fugenmorphem" (interstitial or joint morpheme) [...]
IANAL (I am not a linguist -- pun intended ;) but I've always read that as a genitive. Any pointers? Regards -- Tomás Zerolo Axel Springer AG Axel Springer media Systems BILD Produktionssysteme Axel-Springer-Straße 65 10888 Berlin Tel.: +49 (30) 2591-72875 tomas.zer...@axelspringer.de www.axelspringer.de Axel Springer AG, Sitz Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 4998 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Giuseppe Vita Vorstand: Dr. Mathias Döpfner (Vorsitzender) Jan Bayer, Ralph Büchi, Lothar Lanz, Dr. Andreas Wiele
