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Words vs phrases

Huang–Shi §8.5.1 gives up trying to distinguish between compounds and NPs; Chang (p. 273) meekly accepts Lü's arbitrary rule. The following analysis implements the defition above on Chang's examples:

人造
Rule 1 free morph
adjective noun
NP complement head
人造 纖維
Rule 1 free morph (Japanese, 1897)
adjective noun
NP complement head
製品
Rule 3 word bound morph (Japanese, 1880)
noun nominal bound root
noun dependent head
生物 製品
Rule 3 word bound morph (Japanese, 1880)
noun nominal bound root
noun dependent head
耐火
Rule 1 free morph
adjective noun
NP complement head
耐火 材料
word (s.xi)
adjective noun
NP complement head
自由
Rule 3 word bound morph
adjective nominal bound root
noun dependent head
自由 體操
Rule 1 free morph (Japanese, 1887)
adjective noun
NP complement head

Implementation for examples in Huang–Shi §3.4.2:

Rule 1 free morph
fossilised NP (1761) complement head
Rule 4
fossilised (Chou) morph morph
Rule 2