Jorge Llambías wrote:
On 9/24/07, Joel Shellman <jshellman@gmail.com> wrote:For me anyway, this specific example almost certainly would mean Another (World Map) because: 1) World Map is almost a compound word--very often used together. 2) The context would indicate most likely that Another (World Map) is intended. Very very few times do we discuss maps of other worlds, so unless you're at a sci-fi convention or something, it's almost certainly A(WM).I doubt that's the reason. I think for any pair of nouns, "another noun1 noun2" can only be read as "another (noun1 noun2)".
This native speaker thinks you're right.In English, "noun1 noun2" can be read as a single noun phrase, with noun1 in the construct state. Then "another noun1 noun2" applies the determiner "another" to the noun phrase "noun1 noun2".
But "another noun1" can't be parsed as a noun in the construct state, so the reading "(another noun1) noun2" fails. You might be able to override this reading with intonation--"a-NO-ther-world MAP"--but it would sound weird.
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