Compound (linguistics)
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In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding or composition is the word-formation that creates compound lexemes (the other word-formation process being derivation). Compounding or Word-compounding refers to the faculty and device of language to form new words by combining or putting together old words. In other words, compound, compounding or word-compounding occurs when a person attaches two or more words together to make them one word. The meanings of the words interrelate in such a way that a new meaning comes out which is very different from the meanings of the words in isolation.
Colloquial or everyday examples of compounds are fireman and hardware. Words are put together to form an adjectival compound. New word formations are continually being created.
See also
- Compound modifier
- Bracketing paradox
- Etymological calque
- Genitive connector
- Incorporation (linguistics)
- Kenning
- Multiword expression
- Neologism
- Noun adjunct
- Phono-semantic matching
- Portmanteau compounds
- Status constructus
- Syllabic abbreviation
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South African placename
- Word formation
- Univerbation: a phrase becomes a word
