Compound words,

blends and phrasal words

GROUP 5
OUR
TEAM

Jihan Putri Hilda Pamela

Inten Shandra Dwi Noviar
First Speaker Second Speaker Third Speaker

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 English Morphology
Compound words, blends and phrasal words

Section 1 Compounds versus phrases Section 2 Compound verbs

Section 3 Compound adjectives Section 4 Compound nouns

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Compounds versus phrases

What is the compounds?

What is the phrasal words?

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 Consider the
expressions

a green ‘house, with its literal meaning

a ‘greenhouse, meaning a glass structure
(not usually green in color!) where delicate plants are reared

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Compounds versus phrases
Compound verbs
Verbs formed compounding are
much less usual than verbs
derived by affixation.
A variety of types exist according to their
structure:

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Only the PV
type is really
common
For example:
Compound adjectives
Example of right-headed
compound adjectives: it is the type with the preposition over as its
first element that seems most productive

With the meaning “too X”

Example: Overindignant, oversmooth

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Compound nouns
It is with nouns that compounding really
comes into its own as a word forming
process in English

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 Compound nouns
Restorer in hair restorer is derived
from a verb (restore)
Verb impose expectations and
requirements on the noun phrases that
accompany them in the sentence.

These expected or required nominal

concomitants to a verb are called its
arguments.
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 HAIR RESTORER

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 Compound nouns

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 Compound nouns

NN compound like hairnet or mosquito net

NN compound like hair restorer or slum clearance

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 Secondary Compounds

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