Task 35

What are the types of the compounds?

Set I

a) a compound with a linking vowel;

b) a compound with a linking consonant;

c) a compound with a preposition stem;

d) a compound with a conjunction, stem

1. pepper-and-salt, n 5. door-to-door, adj

2. speedometer, n 6. handicraft, n

3. Stratford -on-Avon, n 7. momndad, n

4. bridesmaid, n 8. stick-in-the-mud, n

Set II

a) a coordinative compound;

b) a subordinative compound

1. lipstick, n 4. bittersweet, adj

2. fifty-fifty, adj 5. pink-and-white, adj

3. road-building, n 6. wine-coloured, adj

Set III

a) a compound proper;

b) a derivational compound

1. smoke-filled, adj 5. first-nighter, n

2. puffy-eyed, adj 6. mill-owner, n

3. cruel-hearted, adj 7. do-gooder, n

4. soft-boiled, adj 8. dish-washer, n

Set IV

a) a compound with two simple stems;

b) a compound in which one of the stems is de­rived;

c) a compound in which one of the stems is clipped;

d) a compound in which one of the components is a compound stem

1. drugstore,n 5.football,n 2. great-grandmother, n 6. lawbreaker, n

3. dog-tired,adj 7. wastepaper-basket, n

4. maths-mistress,n 8. bluish-white, adj

SetV

a) an endocentric compound;

b) an exocentric compound

1. steamboat, n 4. pickpocket, n

2. sugardaddy,n 5. dressing-gown, n

3. girlfriend,n 6. lazy-bones, n

Set VI

a) a non-idiomatic compound, i.e. a compound whose meaning is transparent and can be inferred from the meanings of its compo­nents;

b) an idiomatic compound, i.e. a compound whose meaning cannot be deduced from the meanings of its components

1. highbrow, n (a person who has or is thought to have superior intellectual and cultural tastes)

2. fingerprint, n (a mark made by the tip of a finger on a surface and used for identifying people, especially criminals)

3. dumb-waiter, n (a small lift for carrying food, etc. from one floor to another, especially in a restaurant)

4. wallflower, n (in the meaning "a common garden plant that has sweet-smelling (usually orange or brownish-red) flowers in spring")

5. wallflower, n (m the meaning "a person (especially a woman) who has no dancing partners at a dance and has to sit or stand around while others dance")

6. bookworm, n (in the meaning "a person devoted to reading or studying")

7. bookworm, n (in the meaning "any of various insects that feed on books, especially a booklouse")

8. screwdriver, n (in the meaning "a tool with a handle and a blade that fits into a slot, etc. in the head of a screw to turn it")

9. screwdriver, n (in the meaning "a mixed drink made with vodka and orange juice")