Earliest Lexical Blending
Provided by Suzanne Kemmer,
LinguistList, 11.1378. Tue, 20 Jun 2000.
Summary of References:
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Word-Formation. London: Longman, Chapters 11 and 12
- Marchand, Hans. 1957. Phonetic symbolism in English
word formation. Part I pp. 146-168 Indogermanische
Forschungen Vol. 63?
- Marchand, Hans. 1958- Part II pp. 256-277, Indogermanische
Forschungen Vol. 64
- Nunberg, Geoff. 1999. Portmanteau Words. Fresh Air radio
broadcast, National Public Radio. October 10, 1999.
www.parc.xerox.com/istl/members/nunberg/portmanteau.html
- Oxford English Dictionary Online.
- Paul, Hermann. 1920. Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte.
6th edition. Tuebingen: Niemeyer. (Photoreproduced 1960
by Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt.)
- Pound, Louise. 1914. Blends: Their Relation to English
Word-Formation. (Anglistische Forschungen 42.) Heidelberg.
- Quinion, Michael. 1999. Through the Blender: New Words,
Portmanteau Style. www.quinion.com/words/articles/blend.htm