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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a>, a <b>compound</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=lexeme">lexeme</a> (less precisely, a <a href="page.php?w=word">word</a> or <a href="page.php?w=Sign_language">sign</a>) that consists of more than one <a href="page.php?w=Word_stem">stem</a>. <b>Compounding</b>, <b>composition</b> or <b>nominal composition</b> is the process of <a href="page.php?w=word_formation">word formation</a> that creates compound lexemes. Compounding occurs when two or more words or signs are joined to make a longer word or</p><p>
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