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Morphology Compounding
Morphology Compounding
Morphology Compounding
GROUP 3
COMPOUNDING
What is Compounding?
Two or more words can join up to make
one.
The combination of
lexical categories called
Compounding. It
consists of nouns,
adjectives, verbs, and
prepositions.
Adjective
Noun
greenhouse
Noun bluebird
Compound fire engine
oil well
overlook
Verb underestimate
Compound dropkick
Breakdance
red hot
Adjective deep blue
Compound sky blue
nation wide
Three form of Compounding
1. Close form : compound words include words such as
toothbrush, backpack, birthday, where the two words are stuck
together to make a new word.
2. Hyphenated form : compound words include words such as
part-time, merry-go-round, and mother-in-law, where the words
are joined together with a hyphen.
3. Open form : compound words include words such as hot dog,
ice cream, and North America, where an adjective is combined
with a noun to create a word with new meaning, but the
individual words still have space between them.
Endocentric
Type Of
Compound
Exocentric
ENDOCENTRIC
EXAMPLE MEANING
Steamboat a boat powered by steam
Bigfoots
Club feet (members of an extinct tiger
species)
Walkmans
Policemen (a type of portable audio cassette
player)
Headstrong
Sunbath
Skyscraper
Uproot
Backfire
Scapegoat