Conceptual blending in entrenched Persian noun-noun nominal compounds


 The current paper offers an analysis of a set of 27 entrenched endocentric, exocentric, and copulative
 āb (water)-noun nominal compounds in Persian with both right- and left-headed compounds, based on the network
 model of conceptual blending theory. Given that an emergent meaning is involved in endocentric and copulative compounds, the same
 as in exocentric compounds, the paper argues that all types of compounds can be insightfully defined as conceptual blends.
 However, the conceptual blending network model fails to show the distinct role of head and modifier in the overall meaning of
 compounds, on the one hand, and the qualifying difference in the extent of emergent meaning among various types of compound words,
 on the other hand. Our study also lends support to a correspondence between the continuum of integration networks and the
 continuum of figurativity in compounds.