STRUCTURAL PATTERNS OF HYPHENATED COMPOUND NOUNS IN MODERN ENGLISH

• Nargiza Yuldasheva

  Uzbekistan state world languages university, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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This study investigates the structural patterns of hyphenated compound nouns in Modern English, focusing on their morphological formation, syntactic behavior, and functional distribution in contemporary written discourse. Hyphenated compounds represent a productive lexical strategy in English word formation, contributing to clarity, specificity, and semantic cohesion. The research is based on a corpus-driven approach, analyzing data collected from academic articles, news texts, and digital communication sources. The study identifies major structural models of hyphenated compounds, including noun-noun, adjective-noun, participial, and multi-element constructions. The findings reveal that hyphenation plays a significant role in lexical innovation and meaning compression in Modern English. The study also highlights the increasing productivity of hyphenated compounds in digital and academic genres. The results contribute to a better understanding of compound noun formation processes and their role in contemporary English morphology.

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