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Since its first coinage, the term "synthetic compound" has encompassed different phenomena. But the core problem it was originally meant to address was the question of how to draw the boundary between derivation and composition. Do synthetic compounds call this delineation into question? That is, are combinations like power holder and long-haired to be considered derivations from a phrasal base (cf. [[power+hold] + er] and [[long+hair] + ed]) or should they be analyzed as compounds with a derived second element (cf. [[power] + [hold+er]] and [[long] +[ haired]]? This topic will be examined within a principled theory of grammar that demonstrates the applicability of central syntactic notions like "head", "complement" and "modifier" to lexical structure as well.
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