Ada Böhmerová, Blending As Lexical Amalgamation and Its Onomatological and Lexicographical Status in English and in Slovak

As a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that unites the principle of economy with creativity, playfulness and expressiveness, blending has been investigated from various perspectives for more than a century now (cf. Pound [1914]). Given that it verges upon compounding and clipping, this area of morphological research remains vaguely defined and requires further study. Moreover, the rise of English as a lingua franca has affected various languages the world over, so much so that blends are nowa..