blending

In linguistics, a blend word or a blend is a word formed from parts of two or more other words. These parts are sometimes, but not always, morphemes.

Blends abridge then combine lexemes to form a new word. Defining a true blend is complicated by the difficulty of determining which parts of the new word are "recoverable" (have roots which can be distinguished).[1]

Blends can be divided into three groups

Phonemic Overlap: a syllable or part of a syllable is shared between two words


Clipping: two words are shortened then compounded


Phonemic Overlap and Clipping: two words are shortened to a shared syllable and then compounded


What is Blending?

Blending is a process of forming a new word by taking and combining parts (e.g. syllables) of two (rarely, three or more) source words. The new word formed is called a blend.

What are the types of Blend?

Blends, according to Plag , come in two types: Proper blends and Improper blends.

1. Improper Blends

 the meaning of the first word is modified when combined with the other word. The new word carries the meaning of the second word (i.e. breathalyzer is a kind of analyzer, not a kind of breath).

Examples:

breath + analyzer = breathalyzer
motor + camp = mocamp
motor + hotel = motel


2. Proper Blends

In this type, the new word contains the combined meaning of both source words. For instance, a boatel is both a boat and a hotel.

breakfast + lunch = brunch
channel + tunnel = chunnel
modulator + demodulator = modem
stagnation + inflation = stagflation
sheep + goat = shoat
prim + sissy = prissy
motor + cavalcade = motorcade
cybernetic + organism = cyborg
chuckle + snort = chortle
spoon + fork = spork
web + seminar = webinar
education + entertainment = edutainment
sex + expert = sexpert
guess + estimate = guesstimate
travel + monologue = travelogue
California + fornication = Californication



How to Use Blending?

Most clipped compounds are blends. Strictly, however, complex clipping is done by preserving and combining initial parts (or first syllables) of a compound word, likesitcom in "situation comedy", not by joining inital and ending syllables, like the blend travelogue from "travel" and monologue




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