1、word formation: blending,1102027074 魏楠 1102027073,blending,the meaning of blending,mix,blends or portmanteau words,more and more police and traffic experts believe that autocide is an important cause of traffic death. the black woman supported her big family to live in the slurb where far away from

2、the center. slurb (美.市郊貧民區(qū))= slum + suburb the chunnel beneath the english channel, put into service in 1994, linked england and france. chunnel (水底隧道)= channel + tunnel,autocide (撞車自殺 )= automobile + suicide,head,tail,head,tail,tail,head,structure 1,the structures of blending,structure 1,automobile

3、 + suicide = autocide slum + suburb = slurb channel + tunnel = chunnel 獅虎獸： 廣告統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué): 經(jīng)濟(jì)滯脹: 霧霾:,head + tail,lion + tiger =,liger,advertising + statistics =,advertistics,stagnation + inflation=,stagflation,smoke + fog =,smog,structure 2,the sitcom growing pains is quite popular in america. these station

4、s would hold a private key that let them recognize tagged connections from telex clients. with the help of comsat, google map could captured every details of the environment to an extreme degree.,telex (電傳)= teleprinter + exchanger,sitcom(情景喜劇) = situation + comedy,head,head,head,head,comsat (衛(wèi)星通訊)=

5、 communication + satellite,head,head,situation + comedy= sitcom teleprinter + exchange = telex communication + satellite = comsat,structure 2,head + head,structure 3,醫(yī)療救助,head + word,medicaid,= medical + aid,汽車野營,autocamp,= automobile + camp,歐亞,eurasia,= europe + asia,structure 4,勞動福利,流動書店,bookmobil

6、e,word + tail,= talk + marathon,workfare,= work + welfare,= book + automobile,冗長的談話,talkathon,conclusion,blending is a very productive process and many coinages resulting from blending have become well-established. moreover, they even serve as models for new formations (hamburger beefburger, cheeseb

7、urger, etc.). the overwhelming majority of blends are nouns; very few are verbs and adjectives are even fewer. the few verbs are: telecast (from television + broadcast), guestimate (from guess + estimate), and breathalyse (from breath + analyse).,the function of blending,blends are mostly used in wr

8、iting new science-related and technology-related phenomenon and new stuffs, like netizen (from net + citizen), comsat (from communication and satellite), and psywar (from psychological warfare). though many of blends have already achieved currency in english, they are still considered to be slang and informal by