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* * * . Company Logo * 4.2 Compounding * Compounding Compounding (or composition) is the formation of new words by joining two or more bases. A compound is a ‘lexical unit consisting of more than one base and functioning both grammatically and semantically as a single word’. Definition of compounding * Forms of writing compounds: Solid (silkworm) Hyphenated (honey-bee) Open (tear gas , easy chair) Each expresses one concept. * So we’ll talk about the noticeable characteristics of compounds which may differentiate themselves from noun phrases. * Phonological Features (or Stress pattern) Com