Linguistics 2244A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Semiotics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Speech Community

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The meaning refers to the information that one person tries to communicate to others; this can be transmitted orally or in writing. Refers to words made up of more than one word that come together to form a new word with a new meaning. There are three types of compound words, these are: open, closed and hyphenated words: open compound words are compound words that are separated by a blank space. Examples: ice cream, full moon, child care: closed compound words are compound words that are united, that is, they are not separated by a blank space. Examples: fireworks, anybody, sometimes: hyphenated words are compound words joined by a hyphen. The term collocation refers to the combination of one or more words within a language, this term is a characteristic used by the speakers of the language, in this case, english to sound more natural.

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