The Process of Compound Word Formation and Chinese Based on the Idea of Jerome L. Packard

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สันติ อ้ายเจริญ

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Compound word is a process of word formation which is generally used in many languages. Especially in the isolating languages, such as Thai and Chinese, most of the words are composed by combining morphemes together to form a new word that has a specific meaning. Both Thai and Chinese have a similar process to form a compound word. According to Jerome L.  Packard’s theory, the 5 steps from the word, including, Conventional Lexicalization, Metaphoric Lexicalization, Agrammartical Lexicalization, Asemantic Lexicalization, Complete Lexicalization. Thai and Chinese compound nouns have similarity both structure and meaning of morpheme. The process can reflect the similarity of both languages.

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อ้ายเจริญ ส. (2017). The Process of Compound Word Formation and Chinese Based on the Idea of Jerome L. Packard. Journal of Graduate Research, 8(2), 119–128. Retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/banditvijai/article/view/107170
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