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Composition (compounding) is such word-formation where the target word is formed by combining two or more stems.
Compound derivative (derivational compound) is the result of parasynthetic word-formation, i.e. a word which is formed by a simultaneous process of derivation and composition.
Productivity is the ability of being used to form (after specific patterns) new, occasional or potential words which are readily understood by the speakers of a language.
Potential word is a derivative or a compound word which does not actu­ally exist (i.e. has not appeared in any text), but which can be produced at any moment in accordance with the productive word-forming patterns of the lan­guage.
Coordinative (or copulative) compound is a compound in which neither of the components dominates the other, e.g. walkie-talkie, bread-and-butter, hiss-and-tell.
Subordinative (or determinative) compound is a compound in which the components are neither structurally nor semantically equal in importance but are based on the domination of one component over the other, e.g. merry-go- round, data-spill, blog-book, copyfraud.
Syntactic compound is a compound whose components are placed in the order that resembles the order of words in free phrases made up according to the rules of syntax of Modern English. For example, bookshelf (compare with a book shelf), know-how (compare with to know how).
Asyntactic compound is a compound that does not conform to the grammatical patterns current in present-day English. In other words, in such a compound the order of stems runs counter to the order in which the motivating words can be brought together under the rules of syntax. Examples: typewriter, oil-free.
Compound proper is a compound formed after a composition pattern,

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   e. by joining together the stems of words already available in the language, with or without the help of special linking elements, e.g. timetable, honey­moon, newlywed.