1.4. Phonological and prosodic characteristics of compounds

As mentioned in MORPHOLOGY 1.1.2.1, fully simultaneous compounds are not common in NGT. There is, however, one sign with fingerspelled elements that is a potential candidate, namely the sign dvd (dvd, shown in Figure a.). In dvd, both hands simultaneously articulate the manual letter d, while the forearms cross to represent the ‘v’. We consider this a simultaneous compound since the manual letter d can occur as a free morpheme.   

An example of a semi-simultaneous compound – semi because it involves only one hand – is the sign wc (shown in Figure a.), in which the selected fingers of the manual letter w (Figure b.) curve repeatedly to represent the curved features of the manual letter c (Figure c.).