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lexical blends: a standalone construct

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Morphology

words formed by merging parts of two source words, such as brunch, whose structure follows measurable similarity and recognizability tendencies.

In morphology, lexical blends refers to words formed by merging parts of two source words, such as brunch, whose structure follows measurable similarity and recognizability tendencies. This meaning comes from Gries (2004) in Linguistics.[1]

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References

  1. Gries, S. T. (2004). Shouldnt it be breakfunch? A quantitative analysis of blend structure in English. Linguistics, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.1515/ling.2004.021

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