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Compounding
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samenstelling
the act of combining things to form a new whole
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samenstelling
a word-formation process in which two or more individual words are combined to create a new word, typically resulting in a compound with a meaning that is related to or derived from the meanings of the individual words
What is "compounding"?
Compounding is a word formation process that combines two or more independent words to create a new word with a specific meaning. The resulting compound word typically reflects the meanings of its individual parts. For example, "toothbrush" combines "tooth" and "brush" to describe a tool used for cleaning teeth. Compounding can occur in various forms, including closed compounds, where the words are written together, like "notebook", and open compounds, where they are written separately, like "ice cream". This process enriches vocabulary and allows for precise expression by creating new terms to convey complex ideas.
Voorbeeld
Morphological processes like compounding create new words by combining existing ones, as seen in 'blueberry' or 'sunflower'.
