Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
In the word formation of Roeper and Siegel (1978), terms coined to denote two types of composition. Verbal compounds show, as their second element, a deverbal derivate; their first elements are understood as an argument of the base verb (oven-cleaner, strange-sounding, expert-tested). The relation that connects the first element with the second element of root compounds, on the other hand, is not grammatically given, but is basically open (apron string). (
also determinative compound, inheritance)
References
Roeper, T.
and M.Siegel, 1978. A lexical transformation for verbal compounds. LingI 9. 199–259.
Selkirk, E. 1982. The syntax of words. Cambridge.
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