In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition...

under the common law of England Compounding a felony, a previous offense under the common law of England Compound (linguistics), a word that consists of more...

In linguistics and grammar, a sentence is a linguistic expression, such as the English example "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." In traditional...

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguistics is based on a theoretical as well as a descriptive study of language and is also interlinked...

In linguistics, morphology (mor-FOL-ə-jee) is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another...

sci-fi, and sitcom are all compounds made of clippings. Abbreviation Acronym Clipping (phonetics) Compound (linguistics) Contraction (grammar) Diminutive...

In linguistics, the head or nucleus of a phrase is the word that determines the syntactic category of that phrase. For example, the head of the noun phrase...

as explained below. A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence...

In linguistics, a blend—sometimes known, perhaps more narrowly, as a blend word, lexical blend, portmanteau (/pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/ port-MAN-toh or /ˌpɔːr(t)mænˈtoʊ/...

linguistics, a distinction is made between endocentric and exocentric constructions. A grammatical construction (for instance, a phrase or compound)...