《语言学》构词 Blend.docVIP

[Expand] Support Wikipedia: a non-profit project — Donate Now Blend From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Blend (disambiguation). Blending redirects here. For alpha blending, see Alpha compositing. In linguistics, a blend is a word formed from parts of two other words. These parts are sometimes, but not always, morphemes. Contents [hide] 1 Linguistics 1.1 Formation 1.1.1 Blending of two roots 1.1.2 Lexical Selection 2 Use 3 See also 4 References [edit] Linguistics Blends deal with the action of abridging and then combining various lexemes to form a new word. However, the process of defining which words are true blends and which are not is more complicated. The difficulty comes in determine which parts of a new word are recoverable (its root can be distinguished).[1] There are many types of blends, based on how they are formed. Algeo, a linguist, proposed dividing blends into three groups[2]?: Phonemic Overlap: a syllable or part of a syllable is shared between two words Clipping: the shortening of two words and then compounding them Phenomic Overlap and Clipping: shortening of two words to a shared syllable and then compounding However, classification of types of blends is not standard among all linguists. [edit] Formation Most blends are formed by one of the following methods: The beginning of one word is added to the end of the other (see portmanteau word. For example, brunch is a blend of breakfast and lunch. One of the two may be a whole word if it is short. This is the most common method of blending. A monosyllabic word is divided into its onset and rime if necessary. A blend of this type typically has the same number of syllables as the second word. broccoli (3) + cauliflower (4) → broccoflower (4) breakfast (2) + lunch (1) → brunch (1) camera (3) + recorder (3) → camcorder (3) education (4) + entertainment (4) → edutainment (4) information (4) + commercial (3) → infomercial (4, exception) moto