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Blend 
Bat-El, O 
2006 
Elsevier 
Oxford 
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (Second Edition) 
66-70 
Blends, such as Oxbridge (Oxford+Cambridge) or maridelic (marijuana+psychedelic), are derived from two base words, by truncating their inner edges. The meaning of the blend is contingent on the meaning of the base words and their semantic relation. The phonological structure of the blend is determined by various principles, which serve two competing goals: (i) to preserve as much segmental material from the base as possible, in order to facilitate recoverability of the base, and (ii) to truncate segmental material such that the blend would have the structure of a single word. This article discusses the principles involved in the formation of blends. 
Abbreviation; Endocentric; English blends; Exocentric; Portmanteau word; Truncation 
Brown, Keith