文档介绍：Blending
Blending
Definition
Examples:
flush (flash + blush)
beefburger (beef + hamburger)
Eurasia (Europe + Asia)
Blending is the formation of new words bining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word or vice versa.
Blending
Names of such words:
blends
pormanteau words
Blending
Patterns of blending
1. head + tail
autocide (automobile + suicide)撞车自杀
motel (motor + hotel) 汽车旅馆
cremains (cremate + remains) 骨灰
Blending
2. head + head
comsat (communications + satellite)
通讯卫星
Amerind (American + Indian) 美印地安人
(situation + comedy) 情景喜剧
Blending
3. head + word
medicare (medical + care)医疗照顾制度
telequiz (telephone + quiz)电话测试
autocamp (automobile + camp) 汽车野营
Blending
4. word + tail
netizen (net + citizen) 网民
lunarnaut (lunar + astronaut)登月宇航员
bookmobile (book + automobile) 流动书店
workfare (work + welfare) 劳动福利
Blending
autocide (automobile + suicide)撞车自杀
(situation + comedy) 情景喜剧
autocamp (automobile + camp) 汽车野营
workfare (work + welfare) 劳动福利
All the examples are nouns.
Blending
A few verbs:
guestimate (guess + estimate)估猜
breathalyse (breath + analyse) 对呼吸测酒分析
Words of such are less than formal.
Clipping