compounds pdp query compounding pdp dear reader linguist last year put query linguist asking work done interpretation nominal compounds thanks many replies got managed obtain excellent dissertation mary ellen ryder ordered chaos investigation interpretation english noun noun compounds one year thinking implementing pdp model like one ryder introduces work however seems us little work yet done since far know ryder email wanted ask general questions matter know whether e ryder anyone else sake made kind implementation compound interpretation model thesis ryder mentions small implementation nt mention results know people working pdp techniques particularly view implementing morphology many thanks advance lieve de wachter jan provoost centre computational linguistics leuven maria theresiastraat 21 b3000 leuven belgium tel 32 16 28 50 85 fax 32 16 28 50 25 e mail lieve et kuleuven ac jan et kuleuven ac