Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 24 стр.

than an ordinary word. L. Bloomfield says that he has been many years
conscious of an irrepressible desire to assimilate the two verbs quench
and squelch in both directions by forming squench and quelch, and he
has found the former word in a negro story by Page...»*
      In spite of the work done on the subject the process has not yet
been fully investigated, the periods of formation have not been as-
certained, the part played in the development of vocabulary has not
yet been made clear, and we know little of the proportion of forms
which have managed to survive and have become accepted in the
standard language. This state of affairs arises largely from the difficul-
ty inherent in the investigation of these blended forms. They can be
traced most easily in the modern period, where we have the evi-
dence, in the form of the original components, before us, and, the
process can be seen at work.
                                         A. Sheard. The Words We Use.
      V.
      Following are some examples of the way blends are used in
speech: He drove a Studillac (Studebecker 4 + Cadillac, make of car).
Los Angeles is proposing a big, offshore seadrome (sea + airdrome).
I should sweep all these hideosities away (hideous + monstrosity).
Nowadays we have moved, it would seem, from a ‘Society’ Society to
a kind of Celebrity Society, or, as I have called this strange new
combination of publicity and Society — a Publiciety.
      *Determine the original components of the following blends.
      Absotively, airtorial, brunch, cablegram, cameracature, cheeri-
odical, chortle, cigaroot, crocogator, dipward, dognapper, dumbfound,
flush, glumpy, guesstimate, infantici pate, mingy, newtopia, oilitics,
posilutely, smog, twinight, twirl, uffish, windoor, wordfacturer.
     VI.
     Are all the words listed above stylistically identical? Classify
them according to their stylistic properties.
      VII.
      Pick out all types of abbreviated units from the sentences below,
comment on their formation and give the corresponding full units.
      1. Write a composition «What I did in the Hols», Keep it bright,
brief and descri ptive. 2. She had an interpreter’s job as well as doing
Sim. Tran. 3. It’s a wonderful house, Doc., All mod cons. 4. «What’s the

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