Lexical Blending as Wordplay
Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This article deals with wordplay in word-formation and centers on lexical blending. It claims that, because of their very formation process, lexical blends are instances of wordplay. Drawing on examples from a variety of languages , it offers a categorization of the different features which may be argued to increase wordplayfulness into five classes: formal complexity, structural transgression, graphic play on words, semantic play on words, and functional ludicity.
Source: De Gruyter eBooks
Author: Vincent Renner
Institution: Centre de Recherche en Linguistique Appliquée
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2489910976