Compound Noun

OK, So, a compound noun is a sequence of two or more words that together have a new meaning and function as a single noun, function as a single noun, OK, that’s a compound. And we have some examples: roommate [ɹummeɪt], newspaper [nuzpeɪpəɹ], school bus [skul bʌs], wastepaper basket [weɪstpeɪpəɹ bæskɪt], But the important thing about compound nouns, is that if you turn to page 108, we have the word weekend [wikɛnd], right? this is a compound, this is not a compound, this is a compound, this is not a compound, because we have two words here: week and end, two words that we could actually recognize, right? This is one word. Where is the stress? [wi] right?, so you say weakened [wikənd], OK, in a normal word, single word, it has an stressed syllable, unstressed syllables become [ə] right?, weakened [wikənd], but in a compound noun, the second, in a compound noun or noun compound, is always the first one that gets stress the second one has a secondary stress so you do not say [wikənd], you say [wikɛnd], [wikɛnd], [wikɛnd], OK. So Gotham, one word becomes [gɑθəm] but got ham [gɑt hæm], got ham [gɑt hæm], got ham [gɑt hæm]. That’s very important.