synthetic compounds sat 3 jun 1995 linguist list wrote date sat 3 jun 1995 01 37 59 0500 linguist list linguist tam2000 tamu edu hmanders indiana edu subject forwarded mail stampe uhunix uhcc hawaii edu fri jun 2 14 02 50 1995 return path stampe uhunix uhcc hawaii edu received relay1 hawaii edu relay1 hawaii edu 128 171 41 53 tam20 00 tamu edu 8 6 12 8 6 12 smtp id oaa16738 linguist tam2000 tamu ed u fri 2 jun 1995 14 02 47 0500 received uhunix3 uhcc hawaii edu 128 171 44 52 relay1 hawaii edu smtp id 11438 5 fri 2 jun 1995 03 00 10 1000 received uhunix3 uhcc hawaii edu id 148528 fri 2 jun 1995 09 00 29 1 000 david stampe stampe uhunix uhcc hawaii edu linguist tam2000 tamu edu replyto 199506021008 faa11257 tam2000 tamu edu message lingu ist list fri 2 jun 1995 00 08 49 1000 subject 6 758 sum synthetic compounds message id 95jun2 090029hst 148528 uhunix3 uhcc hawaii edu date fri 2 jun 1995 08 59 51 1000 status ro content length 1036 heather marie anderson hmanders indiana edu compares agentive compounds choose 1 theory surface form synthetic compounds differ much possible ordering affixation corresponding vp 2 theory simply follow vp order languages cites support theory 1 comes mostly languages relatively recently changed order verb object order compounds e g germanic languages listed v v compounds ov finnish similar examples mirror image ordering changes munda languages india word order changes v v retain old compound order vo fact also retain even finite verbs objects incorporated compounded examples opposite ordering verb phrases compounds could explained due lag morphological change behind syntactic change david stampe univ hawai