ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science 08(124) 2023

Philadelphia, USA

Shashviashvili, K., Nakhutsrishvili, E., & Dzamiashvili, E.

Some Features of Compound Adjectives in English News Articles.

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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-08-124-8

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.08.124.8

Language: English

Citation: Shashviashvili, K., Nakhutsrishvili, E., & Dzamiashvili, E. (2023). Some Features of Compound Adjectives in English News Articles. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 08 (124), 56-61. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-08-124-8 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.08.124.8

Pages: 56-61

Published: 30.08.2023

Abstract: The paper examines some linguistic features of compound adjectives used in news articles in the English language. Due to the fact that articles as well as their headlines are especially abundant with compound words, they constitute a valuable source of research materials in this regard. Word formation is an essential part of English lexicology; it studies how the new words are created in the language. English language is characterized by various types of word formation processes and one of the significant one is compounding. Compounding is the process of creating new lexical units by combining two or more stems. In our study we aimed to examine and analyze some characteristic features of compound adjectives in present-day English texts, namely in economy-related news articles; to discusses some phonological, orthographical, semantic and morphological peculiarities of compound words and especially compound adjectives. This paper presents the findings from our study: the structure of the constituent stems of compound adjectives as well as some common and prevalent adjective compounding patterns found in English economy-related news articles.

Key words: compounding, compound adjectives, economic news articles.