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Compounding EXERCISE

The document discusses compound words and their analysis. It provides examples of compound words and asks the reader to identify their meanings, syntactic patterns, parts of speech, and whether they are semantically transparent. It also asks the reader to analyze compound words that include derivational affixes, identifying roots and affixes. The document aims to analyze different types of compound words at multiple levels including semantics, syntax, and morphology.

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Compounding EXERCISE

The document discusses compound words and their analysis. It provides examples of compound words and asks the reader to identify their meanings, syntactic patterns, parts of speech, and whether they are semantically transparent. It also asks the reader to analyze compound words that include derivational affixes, identifying roots and affixes. The document aims to analyze different types of compound words at multiple levels including semantics, syntax, and morphology.

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Compounding

1. The words in (4) are compounds. For each one, give the meaning of each member of the compound
and that of the compounded form. Say whether the compound is semantically transparent or not.
a. battlefield
b. scarecrow
c. Churchyard
d. dogwood
e. Hoodwink
f. handkerchief
g. Inmate h. postman
i. Ladysmock
2. Draw a tree structure for the following compounds.
sunspot, fast food, overbook, boyfriend, bittersweet, killjoy, afternoon
3. Are the following words endocentric or exocentric compounds?
Skinhead saber tooth
bath towel fireman
Walkman textbook
Armchair highbrow
Loudmouth
hothead
4. Identify the syntactic pattern in each of the following compounds and express it in a lexical rule.
Example: gravedigger N + V + -er> N
1.
hovercraft
V+N > N
2.

dairyman

N+N > N

3.

bath-towel

N+N >N

4.

goldfish

N+N >N

5.

inroads

Prt + N + -s > N

6.

bystander

Prt + V + er > N

7.

setback

V + Prt > N (conversion)

8.

meltdown

V + Prt > N (conversion)

9.

blackout

V + Prt > N (conversion)

10.

stand-in

V + Prt > N (conversion)

11.

turnout

V + Prt > N (conversion)

12.

money-hungry

N+A>A

13.

dugout

V + en + Prt > N (conversion)

14.

hardhearted

A + N + ed > A

15.

homesick

N+A>A

16.

proofread

N+V>V

17.

overqualified

Prt + V + en > V / A

18.

overachieve

Prt + V + > V

19.

badmouth

A + N > V (conversion)

20.

redhead

A+N> N

21.

birth control

N+N/V>N/V

22.

breakfast

V+N>N

23.

thoroughgoing

A + V + ing > A

24.

quick-change

A + V > A (conversion)

25.

lukewarm

A+A>A

26.

law-abiding

N + V + ing > A

27.

far-reaching

A + V + ing > A

28.

homemade

N + V + en > A

29.

clean-cut

A + V + en > A

30.

fighter-bomber

31. earthenware
32. driver's seat

V + er + V + er > N
N + en + N > N
V + er + s + N > N

33. baking powder

V + ing + N > N

34. drip-coffee

V+N>N

35. wisecrack

A+V>V+N

36. snowplow

N+V/N>V/N

2. The following words are compounds which also include derivational affixes. Analyze the words,
identifying the roots and their parts of speech, as well all the affixes and their function as
nominalizer, verbalizer, adjectivalizer, or adverbializer.
Example: housekeeper

house (root - noun) + keep (root - verb) + -er (nominalizer)

(a)

flightworthiness
flight (root-noun) + worth (root-noun) + -y (adjectivalizer) + -ness (nominalizer)

(b)

chatterbox
chat (root-verb) + -er (nominalizer) + box (root-noun)

(c)

owner-occupied own (root-verb) + -er (nominalizer) + occupy (root-verb) + -en (past


participle / adjectivalizer

(d)

freedom-loving free (root-adjective) + -dom (nominalizer) + love (root-verb) + -ing (present


participle / djectivalizer

(e)

handicraft
hand (root-noun) + -y (adjectivalizer) + craft (root+noun)

(f)

broken-hearted
break (root-verb) + -en (past participle / adjectivalizer) + heart (root-noun) + -ed ( adjectivalizer)

(g)

safety-tested safe (root-adjective) + ty (nominalizer) + test (root-verb) +-ed (past


participle / adjectivalizer)

(h)

worldly-wise
world (root-noun) + -ly (adjectivalizer) + wise (root-adjective)

(i)

antiaircraft
anti (prefix) + air (root-noun) + craft (root-noun)

(j)

machine-readable machine (root-noun) + read (root-verb) able (suffixadjectivalizer)

(k) chartered accountant charter (root-noun) + -ed (suffix- adjectivalizer) +


account (root-verb + -ant) + suffic+ noinalizer)

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