Mohanan (1986) shows that compounds in Malayalam can be grouped into two categories, sub-compounds and co-compounds, and that the various phonological differences between the two are accounted for if we assume that they are formed in different strata (i.e. levels) in the lexicon. In this paper I argue that sub-compounds in Malayalam should be further divided into two subcategories: verbal compounds and root compounds. I show that this subclassification makes it possible to eliminate several residual stipulations found in Mohanan's account. Section 1 presents the facts that motivate this subdivision, section 2 critically evaluates various possible ways to incorporate the subdivision in question into the overall theoretical framework, and section 3 argues for a particular analysis of verbal compounds in general.
(S. Yatabe, "Verbal compounds in Malayalam," in Language, Information, Text, Vol. 3, Department of Language and Information Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1996, pp. 13-37.)