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Semantic classification of compounds

Compounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-idiomatic:

 

 

 

Partially idiomatic:

 

 

 

Totally idiomatic:

 

 

dancing hall,

 

 

 

blackboard,

 

 

 

tallboy,

 

 

air mail

 

 

 

good-for-nothing

 

 

 

bluestocking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Criteria for differentiating a compound from a word-combination

Semantic: a compound denotes one notion

Phonetic: a compound has unifying stress

Morphological: a compound is characterized by a single grammatical framing

Syntactic: a compound can’t be enlarged

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Shortening - the process of substituting a part for a whole

Clipping – cutting off of a part of a word to one or two syllables

Abbreviation – forming a word out of the initial elements of a word-combination

Blending – combining parts (but not morphemes) of two words to form one word

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Minor types of word-building

Sound and stress interchange

Sound imitation

Reduplication

Back-formation

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