CLASSIFICATIONS OF ENGLISH COMPOUNDS

1. According to the parts of speech compounds are subdivided into:

a) nouns: baby-moon, globe-trotter,

bahuvrihi compound nouns: adjective stem + noun stem (metonymical relations):high-brow, lazy-bones.

b) adjectives: free-for-all, power-happy, dog-tired, life-long, peace-loving, good-looking, man-made, home-made, well-red.

c) verbs: to honey-moon, to baby-sit, to henpeck, hi-jack, etc. (pseudo-compounds( H. Marchand)

d) adverbs: downdeep, headfirst,

e) prepositions: into, within,

f) numerals: fifty-five.

2. According to the way components are joined together compounds are divided into:

a) neutral, formed by joining together two stems without any joining morpheme, e.g. ball-point, to window-shop,

b) morphological with components joined by a linking element : vowels «o» or «i» or the consonant «s», e.g. «astrospace», «handicraft», «sportsman»

c) Syntactical with the components joined by means of form-word stems, e.g. here-and-now, free-for-all, do-or-die .

3. According to their structure compounds are subdivided into:

a) compound words proper which consist of two stems, e.g. to job-hunt, train-sick, go-go, tip-top ,

b) derivational compounds: stems + affixes, e.g. ear-minded, hydro-skimmer, teenager, narrow-minded, schoolboyishness, Romeo-and-Julietishness (phrasal derivation).

c) compound words consisting of three or more stems, e.g. cornflower-blue, eggshell-thin, singer-songwriter,

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