n v verbal compounding content length 2725 two researchers universitat de girona sp working kind catalan verbal compounding sumarize characteristics compounds interested vo languales similar process verb formation moreover wonder anybody knows references related way subject could helpful us already know rosen 1989 miller 1993 n v verbal compounding clear enumerate relevant characteristics compounds 1 first must say catalan vo language 2 compounding looks like process noun incorporation incorporated noun within lexical item internal argument syntactic structure observe 1 1 el cacador trenca la cama de l ocell hunter breaks leg bird b el cacador camatrenca l ocell hunter leg breaks bird 3 nevertheless nounincorporation nt affect capacity verb assigning acusative case complex verb remains transitive 4 generally kind nounincorporation possible noun incorporated inalienable possession noun ipn new internal argument complex verb possessor observe 2 3 2 corferir heart hurt b colltorcer neck twist 3 cadiratrencar chair break b ferrotorcer iron twist 5 hypothesise ipn acts kind modifier complex verbal form doestn act verbal argument olga fullana noell lluisa gracia pl ferrater mora n 1 universitat de girona e17071 girona spain fullana skywalker udg es gracia skywalker udg es