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Composition / Komposition

English translation: compound(ing)

23:41 May 2, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Manx orthography
German term or phrase: Composition / Komposition
In an 1847 grammar of the Manx language, written in German, the introductory material concerning Manx vowels includes the following: "Das lange a wird im Manxischen, wo nicht folgende Composition die Länge feststellt, durch aa oder à ausgedrückt... Vor Composition a = gaelisch á in: ard (hoch), etc."
Timoshka
Local time: 19:25
English translation:compound(ing)
Explanation:
http://www.gaelg.iofm.net/LESSONS/mona/Lessons.pdf
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Lancashireman
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3 +2compound(ing)
Lancashireman
3Agree with Andrew
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compound(ing)


Explanation:
http://www.gaelg.iofm.net/LESSONS/mona/Lessons.pdf

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:25
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Well, I went to a lot of trouble to research this one, so I might as well add my Senf.
10 mins
  -> Thanks Kim. I believe the Gaelic group of languages have quite complex rules for compounding and that these impact on the pronunciation.
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X): So was mussten wir im Studien kennenlernen.
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Agree with Andrew


Explanation:
Duden Universalwörterbuch - Komposition (Sprachw.) Zusammensetzung eines Wortes aus selbständig vorkommenden Wörtern (als Art od. Vorgang der Wortbildung).

Definition
Bei der Komposition (eine Form der Wortbildung ) werden bereits bestehende Wörter zu einem neuen Wort zusammengefügt.
Beispiel
aus Haus und Tür wird Haustür.

http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/CL/Glossar/Komposition.html

Compound word: a combination of two or more words which functions as a single word. For example 'self-made' (compound adjective) as in 'He was a self-made man' and flower shop (compound noun), headache
Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics



Kim Metzger
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