What are the types of compounds in linguistics?
Linguists distinguish at least three types of compound words based on the different semantic relations between the head and modifier(s), they are endocentric compounds, exocentric compounds, and copulative compounds.
What is the pattern of compound words?
Compound words can take three possible forms: closed, open, or hyphenated. In closed form, there is no space between the joined words. In open form, there is a space between the “joined” words that still act as one unit, and in hyphenated form—you guessed it! There is a hyphen between the joined words.