"one-eyed"

**clarissa888784** · 29-Dec-2010, 17:31

Is this word an exocentric compound or an endocentric compound?

Thank U!!!

**BobK** · 30-Dec-2010, 14:56

Where did you come across that terminology? To a native speaker who just knows that '<anything>-centric' refers to a central point, it seems meaningless (which is not to say that some academic [feathering his own nest by inventing complex terminology that only other specialists will understand] hasn't coined it!)

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**Tdol** · 30-Dec-2010, 15:33

What do you think is the answer?

(BTW You can see an outline of the types of compound here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics))

**BobK** · 30-Dec-2010, 16:37

Originally Posted by Tdol

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(BTW You can see an outline of the types of compound here: Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Aha. Still, don't expect me to like it, teach it, or use it

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