"sleepwalk" - 1 õppematerjal

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29. Compounds Two or more nouns combined to form a single noun. Compound nouns are written as separate words (grapefruit juice), as words linked by a hyphen (sister-in-law), or as one word (schoolteacher). A compounded noun whose form no longer clearly reveals its origin (such as bonfire or marshall) is sometimes called an amalgamated compound. Many place names (or toponyms) are amalgamated compounds: e.g., Norwich (north + village) and Sussex (south + Saxons). Sunglasses, chalkboard, sleepwalk 30. Solid, hyphenated, and open compounds Solid compounds blackbird hyphenated compounds muddle-headed open compounds coffee cup …there is an additional preference in US English for the form to be one word and in British English for the form to be two words, e.g. buck tooth Br bucktooth US Eng 31. Endocentric and exocentric compounds