Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Prerequisites -- 2 Compounds and Compounding -- 3 Multi-word compounding -- Part II: Data acquisition and annotation -- 4 Compilation of a compound database -- 5 Annotation of internal structure -- Part III: Formal and functional description of three-noun compounds -- 6 Formal analysis of three-noun compounds -- 7 Functional analysis of three-noun compounds -- Part IV: The formation of tri-constituent compounds -- 8 Productivity in complex compounding -- Part V: Synopsis -- 9 A portrait of three-noun compounds -- 10 Summary and conclusions -- 11 Outlook -- References -- Subject index