Blending creativity and productivity: on the issue of delimiting the boundaries of blends as a type of word formation
The formation of blends is predictable to a large extent. Moreover, it may give rise to productive constructions where part of a word that was once blended is used to form further blends such e.g. ‑cation (from vacation) in workcation, spa-cation, staycation, etc. However, not all blends demonstrate...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/4004 |