compounding and clipping

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Compounding and Cliiping
Compounding
Compounding (noun plural) is a noun formed from two or more words that can be a noun combination with one another or with any other part of speech where the results of such combinations produce a new meaning.

Tipe Penulisan Compound Noun

Writing Type
Detail
Example Compound Noun
Solid/Closed
Comboned into one word
raincoat, waterfall, toothbrush
Hyphenated
spliced with punctuation  hyphen ( – )
check-in, mother-in-law, twenty-year-old
Oped/Spaced
written as two separate words
full moon, human rights, upper class



The Combination of Compound Noun
Combination with a noun or noun part of speech other to form compound nouns is as follows.
Kombinasi Antara
Contoh Hasil Kombinasi
Noun
Noun
newspaper, toothpaste, bed cover
Noun
roadshow, rainfall, milkshake
Noun
snow white
Noun     
mother-in-law, hanger on, passer-by
Verb
Noun
dance floor, swimming pool, break water
Verb
Verb
freeze-dry
Verb
Adjective
tumbledown
Adjective
Noun
blackboard, software
Adjective
Verb
dry-cleaning, highlight,
Adjective
Adjective
blue-green
Adjective
forthwith
Preposition
Noun
in house, on time, offline
Preposition
Verb
output, undercut, outlook
Preposition
Adjective
over-ripe
Preposition
Preposition
without

Compound Plural Noun
        Plural formed compound can be done by adding the suffix "-s" behind the head (the main word).
Examples of Compound Noun Plural:
     two sons-in-law (two sons-in-law)
     toothbrushes ten (ten toothbrush)
     blackboards (blackboards)

Possessive Compound Noun
       which has the meaning of ownership, can be formed by adding the apostrophe 's at the end of this compound nouns.
Compound Noun Possessive example:
     father-in-law's car
     Seventeen-year-old's birthday

References:
1.      Compound Words. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm. Accessed on March 24, 2014.
2.      Compound Noun. http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/compnounterm.htm. Accessed on March 24, 2014.
3.      Compound Nouns. http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-compound.htm. Accessed on March 23, 2014.



Clipping
        is one kind of vocabulary or English vocabulary word-formation category better known in Morphology. English. As well as blending, clipping also kind of vocabulary we need to know.

Example Clipping:
Facsimile = Fax
Advertisement = Ad
Fanatic = Fan
Flu Influenza =
Public House = Pub
Examination = Exam

 
References:
http://www.englishindo.com/2011/11/clipping-makna-dan-contoh.html#ixzz49GT4Bd8L



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