STRUCTURAL AND SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF ENGLISH BLENDS

Angleški jezik je zelo dovzeten za nove besede, ki nastajajo dan za dnem. Ta proces je zelo dobrodošel saj dokazuje da je jezik živ, prilagodljiv in se razvija. Nove besede nastajajo v kombinaciji že obstoječih besed z že prav tako obstoječimi besedami, predponami in priponami, z namenom doseči določeno potrebo ali združiti podobna pomena. Diploma se osredotoča na skupino novih besed, ki se imenujejo sklopljeni krni. Predstavila bo njihovo mesto v besedotvorju, njihovo tvorbo in strukturo. S pomočjo zgodovinske analize bom določila v katerem obdobju je nastalo največ sklopljenih krnov. Diploma bo prav tako obravnavala besedne vrste v katere sklopljeni krni spadajo in pa semantične razrede, ki jim pripadajo. V zadnjem delu sem uveljavljene in neuveljavljene sklopljene krne razvrstila po abecednem redu ter jih uvrstila v pripadajoče semantične razrede.The English language is very susceptible to creating new words. I find that to be very positive because it shows that the language is alive, flexible and evolving. New words arise through the combination of an existing word with a familiar word, suffix or prefix usually with intent to meet a particular need or to combine the meaning of first and second word. This diploma paper focuses on some of these new words which are called blends. It presents how blends are ranged within the area of word formation and how they are formed and structured. A historical analysis will define the period of time in which the largest number of blends appeared. This diploma paper will also deal with parts of speech to which blends belong and semantic fields in which they frequently occur nowadays. The last part includes an alphabethical list of established and non-established blends and places them according to semantic fields