Talk:compound word

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Tea room discussion[edit]

Note: the below discussion was moved from the Wiktionary:Tea room.

The compound word entry includes school bus as a case of compound word. Is that correct? And is school bus a word? (I'd think it is not a word but a multi-word term.) Per the definition from compound in the context of linguistics, school bus is not a compound, as it is not a lexeme.

W:English compound lists "distance learning" as an example of what it calls open or spaced form of a compound word. It classifies the forms as (a) solid or closed, (b) hyphenated, (c) open or spaced. Strange.

A printed book supporting the definition that includes spaces: Young Writers Guide --Dan Polansky 12:52, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Demarcation[edit]

On definition and demarcation of compounds, I posted at Talk:open compound. --Dan Polansky (talk) 14:21, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]