Course of reading and writing for 1st year English Licence

« University of Algiers II Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of English Phonetics & Phonology First Year LMD Stress in Compound Words Compound words usually consist of two words (two components) that may be written separately, with a hyphen, or as one word.

Note that compound words written as two separate words are called « open compounds » such as credit card ; those written with a hyphen are termed « hyphenated compounds » as high-minded ; and the ones written as one word are known as « closed compounds » like lighthouse. A compound word may be a noun, an adjective or a verb made of two words (newspaper) or more like (mother-in-law). Type of compound words Compound Nouns Type of compound words Noun + Noun Compounds Type of compound words Compound Adjectives Stress Examples Stress on the first part of the compound hamburger passport footprint notebook bookstore keyboard Stress Examples Stress on the first word of the compound air conditioner french fries speed limit doctor’s office art gallery train station travel agent bus stop Stress Examples Stress on the second part of the compound second hand bad-tempered old-fashioned short-sighted Exceptions and Special Notes Exceptions and Special Notes glass jar car door computer programmer Exceptions and Special Notes near-sighted far-sighted. »