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'''Dvāndva''' <NOWIKI>[</NOWIKI>ˈdvɑːndvə<NOWIKI>]</NOWIKI> is a [[compound]] in which there is a simple conjunction of two words, without any further [[dependency]] holding between them, so each element could be [[head]].
'''Dvāndva''' <NOWIKI>[</NOWIKI>ˈdvɑːndvə<NOWIKI>]</NOWIKI> is a compound where each element could be [[head]].
 
  
 
=== Examples ===
 
=== Examples ===
 
* Austria-Hungary
 
* Austria-Hungary
 
* freeze-dry
 
* freeze-dry
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* Bosnia-Herzegovina
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* mother-child''
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* and possibly, ''player-coach''.
  
 
=== Synonyms ===
 
=== Synonyms ===
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=== Origin ===
 
=== Origin ===
 
''Dvāndva'' arose by reduplication of the word ''dva'' ‘two’.
 
''Dvāndva'' arose by reduplication of the word ''dva'' ‘two’.
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=== Link ===
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Dvanda+compound&lemmacode=1103 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  
 
=== References ===
 
=== References ===
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 24 July 2014

Dvāndva [ˈdvɑːndvə] is a compound in which there is a simple conjunction of two words, without any further dependency holding between them, so each element could be head.

Examples

  • Austria-Hungary
  • freeze-dry
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • mother-child
  • and possibly, player-coach.

Synonyms

Origin

Dvāndva arose by reduplication of the word dva ‘two’.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Trask, Robert Lawrence. 1992. A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. London: Routledge.