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1、AnalysisofEnglishCompoundNounsAbstract:AmongEnglishvocabulary,therearealotofcompoundwords,alargenumberofnewwordsareformedbycompounding.Studyingtheword-buildingcharacteristicsandrulesofEnglishcompoundwordsistrulygoodforusonlearningEnglishvocabularyandcomprehendingcon
2、notationofEnglishlanguageaccurately.OnthebaseofthemodernEnglishLexicology,thispapershowsanalysisofEnglishcompoundnouns,apartofcompoundingwords,fromwrittenform,classification,semanticanalysis,meaningshiftandsoon.InthiswaycanwelearnEnglishbetterandbetter.Keywords:comp
3、oundnouns;formclassification;semantics;lexicalmeaning1.IntroductionCompoundingorcompositionisaword-formationprocessconsistingofjoiningtwoormorebasestoformanewunit,acompoundword.ItisauniversaldevicewhichhasbeenproductiveateveryperiodoftheEnglishlanguage.Englishnowmak
4、esmoreuseofcompoundingthanatanyprevioustimeinitshistory.Todaythelargestnumberofnewwordsareformedbycompounding.Amongallcompoundwords,compoundnounshaveplayedaveryimportantroleandhavehelpfuleffectsoninterpersonalcommunication.Soitisnecessaryforustoknowsomeprinciplesofc
5、ompoundnouns.Nextthepapershowssomesimplebutcrucialprinciplesofcompoundnouns.2.TherelevantstudiesThispaperadoptsthestudiesofLiCailing(2011)ZhuLi(2011),indicatingthewrittenformsarethebasicpointforlearningcompoundnouns,andformclassification,semantics,lexicalmeaningaret
6、hekeypoints.Inaddition,thepaperalsocompareswithstudyofDengYing(1997),identifyingtheuniquecharacteristicsofcompoundnouns.3.WrittenformofcompoundnounsBasicallytherearethreecommonwrittenformsofcompounds.Compoundnounsalsofollowtheseforms.TYPESe.g.No.1No.2No.3Solideggshe
7、lls蛋壳bedroom卧室headache头疼Hyphenatedstick-in-the-mud老顽固passer-by过路人fire-fly火焰OpenSwimmingpool游泳池busstop公交车站fullmoon满月However,itisdifficulttodecidewhichformshouldbeusedascriterion;forsometimesthesamecompoundnounmayappearinthreedifferentforms,forexample:postcardpost-car
8、dpostcardairlineair-lineairlineGenerally,Americanpeopletendtousesolidandopenwrittenforms,whileBritishpeopleprefertousehyphenatedwrittenfor
