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The document discusses the formation of blends, or portmanteau words, which are derived from two base words by truncating their inner edges. Blends exhibit structural fusion where a single word is formed from two words. The phonological structure of the blend is governed by principles that aim to both preserve as much of the base words as possible to facilitate identification, and truncate segments to create a word of typical length. The meaning of a blend comes from the meanings of its base words and their

Author

Chrys Madeira

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EN