%0 Journal Article %A Susan Olsen %D 2021 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J Zeitschrift für Wortbildung / Journal of Word Formation %@ 2367-3877 %N 1 %V 1 %T Synthetic compounds from a lexicalist perspective %R 10.3726/zwjw.2017.01.03 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1158521 %X This article investigates the origin and history of the term synthetic compound and sketches its development up to present within a lexicalist framework of grammar as it applies to both denominal and deverbal constructions.