連体形 and 連用形 prior to nouns


> 作り方法 作る方法

What is the difference between the two?




作り方法 is simply incorrect. By definition, 連用形 is
"connect(連)-verb/adjective(用)-form(形)", and thus it never modifies a noun
arbitrarily. 方 in 作り方 is a suffix rather than an ordinary noun. 方 (かた) is not
an independent word meaning "method"; it always has to follow a 連用形 to make
sense.

However, [a 連用形 sometimes also works as a
noun](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32311/5010), and [two nouns can be
directly combined to form a compound noun with a fixed
meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/27485/5010). So there are
compound nouns such as 置き時計 ("clock"), 泣き顔 ("crying face"), 食べ物 ("food"), 入れ歯
("denture"), 吹き矢 ("blowgun") and 押し花 ("pressed flower"). Basically these are
fixed compounds that typically have their own entry in dictionaries. You
cannot construct similar ones arbitrarily.




作り方法 is simply incorrect. By definition, 連用形 is
"connect(連)-verb/adjective(用)-form(形)", and thus it never modifies a noun
arbitrarily. 方 in 作り方 is a suffix rather than an ordinary noun. 方 (かた) is not
an independent word meaning "method"; it always has to follow a 連用形 to make
sense.

However, [a 連用形 sometimes also works as a
noun](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32311/5010), and [two nouns can be
directly combined to form a compound noun with a fixed
meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/27485/5010). So there are
compound nouns such as 置き時計 ("clock"), 泣き顔 ("crying face"), 食べ物 ("food"), 入れ歯
("denture"), 吹き矢 ("blowgun") and 押し花 ("pressed flower"). Basically these are
fixed compounds that typically have their own entry in dictionaries. You
cannot construct similar ones arbitrarily.

