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Meaning of recursive compound word | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Compound word composed of at least one other compound word.

Examples

“The recursive compound word "chocolate teapot" is composed of "chocolate" and "teapot" which itself is also a compound word composed of "tea" and "pot".”
“A structure of recursive compound words has not been discussed by many researchers in the generative linguistics. In compounding, recursion can be defined that a compound noun freely becomes the base of another compound noun (Namiki 1988).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

recursive definition recursive descent recursive function recursive neural network Recursively Recursiveness

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