Compounding and Blending and Semantix.fix (1)

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COMPOUNDING AND BLENDING

I DEWA GEDE LANGKIR (E1D110064)

M.AZRIANSAH(E1D106113)

ARDIAN HIDAYAT (E1D107011)

English semantics Groups 7


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Compounding ?

A. Definition

Compounding is a formation of new words bystringing together other words.

A compound word is made when two words are

joined to form a new word. Compound wordis often used in place of phrasal word.


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Are they the same ?

However, compound word is not the same as

phrasal word. See the following examples.Phrasal word Compounding

Black board : board that is black Blackboard : board for writing on

Silk worm : worm made of silk (a silktoy)

Silkworm : caterpillar that spins silk

Hair net : net made of hair Hairnet : net for covering hair

White house : house that is white (the) Whitehouse : residence for USPresident

Toy factory : factory that is toy Toy factory : factory where toy is made


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How the word constructed ?

White Wash

Whitewash(A liquid composition for

whitening surface)


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B. Classifications

a. Compound verbs

1. Verb Verb ( break-dance, test drive)2. Noun verb ( hand wash, air-condition)

3. adjective.- verb ( dry-clean, white wash)

4. preposition-verb ( underestimate, overcook)


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b. Compound adjectiveAccording their structure, compound

adjective are divided into :

1) Noun- Adjective : sky-high, coal-black , oil-rich

2) Adjective-adjective : grey-green,

squeaky-clean,3) Preposition-adjective : under full,

overactive


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C. Compound noun

1). Verbnoun : swearword ,drophammer, playtime

2). Nounnoun :hairnet ,mosquitonet ,butterfly net , hairrestorer

3). Adjective-noun :blackboard , greenstone,faint heart

4). Preposition-noun : outpost ,overcoat


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c. Type of compound

1. Endocentric compounds

have one head only and are the most

common compounds in English.truck driver someone who drives a

truck as an occupation

dog food

a type of food for dogscave man a type of man


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2. Possessive compounds (exocentriccompounds)

lazybones a lazy person

Doughnut a small ring-shaped fried cake

shoplifter a non-traditional shoppershopping without paying


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3. Copulative compounds (appositionalcompounds)

Copulative compounds are words consistingof two elements having a coordinaterelationship as if connected by and. Theelements share an equal status.

Slovene-Croatian relationship falsefriends

bitter-sweet bitter and sweet

Songwriter-producer-arranger amultioperational person


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4. Other obscured compounds

The element division in compounds especially ofthose from the Old English has become blurred

during the past centuries.garlic ('spear' + 'leek')

holiday ('holy' + 'day')

woman ('lady' + 'person')

sheriff ('shire' + 'reeve')

A form of compounding called kenning exists in theOld English poetry, The resulting compound is

like a riddlehron-rade whale-road seabeaga brytta ring-giver lord


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a. Definitions

Blending is the process of forming a word by

combining parts of words.

Blends are hybrid words.

Blending ?


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Examples:

information + entertainment : infotainmentSmack + mash : Smash

Smoke + fog : Smog

Guess + estimate : Guesstimate? + ? : ModemModulator +

demodulator


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b. Blending formations

There are many types of blends, based on how theyare formed. Algeo, a linguist, proposed dividing blendsinto three group :

1. Phonemic Overlap : a syllable or part of a syllable isshared between two words. Example:

Brunch is a blend of breakfast and lunch

Breakfast lunch

Brunch


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2. Clip : the shortening of two words and thencompounding them. Example :

Intercom , from internal and communication.

Internal communication

Intercom


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Phonemic Overlap and Clipping : shorteningof two words to a shared syllable and then

compounding. Example :stagflation, from stagnation And inflation

Stagnation inflation

Stagflation


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Most blends are formed by one of the following methods:

1) The beginning of one word is added to the end of the other. For

example, Brunch is a blend of breakfast and lunch

2) The beginnings of two words are combined. For example,Cyborg is a blend of cybernetic and organism.

3) Two words are blended around a common sequence of sounds. Forexample, the word

Californication is a blend of California and fornication.

In thebeginning

In the

end

In thebeginning

Also in thebeginning


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Conclusion

Compound and blending have similar process inchanging word , its process involved itemsfrom two words.

In compounding, involve combination twowords in constructing a new word

While blending, involve a part of word such

syllable or morpheme in constructing a word


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References

Andrej Kavi. (2004) Grammar Seminar PaperCompounding. University of Ljubljana Faculty of ArtsDepartment of English.

file:///E:/Compound-Word.htm

Eva Nurfatimah. (2010) English word blends.Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Letters, GunadarmaUniversity

http://www.gunadarma.ac.id
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Multiple sounds from two component wordsare blended, while mostly preserving the

sounds order.An example of this is the word

Slithy , a blend of slimy and lithe

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