This dissertation studies the motivation of root-compound words in modern Chinese as its object, investigating it diachronically and comprehensively.

本文以现代汉语复合式合成词的理据为研究对象，从历时的角度进行较为全面的考察。

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Morphology aspect: all the Chinese colour words from substance are compound words, but there is only one structural type, all the English colour words from substance are root words.

在词法特征方面：汉语实物颜色词的构词类型全部为复合式，但只有偏正式一个结构类型，而英语实物颜色词以词根法为主要构词类型。

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