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- 26-Jul-2008, 15:09 #1
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compound What kind of compound is a hyponym of the grammatical head? (e.g. beehive)
- 27-Jul-2008, 00:27 #2
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Re: compound I don't understand the question, but here is a useful link:
- 27-Jul-2008, 00:30 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: compound OK let me rephrase it:
Originally Posted by RonBee 
I don't understand the question, but here is a useful link:
A__________compound is a hyponym of the grammatical head.
- 27-Jul-2008, 14:04 #4
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Re: compound grammatical head
(grammar) of a word in a phrase; the word playing the same
grammatical role in the sentence that the phrase itself
plays; "the head noun in the phrase `fresh fish' is
`fish,' which is the direct object in the sentence `I
bought fresh fish'"
head - definition from dictionary.die.net
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