number, thus it is almost not counted, namely blends which combine a pronoun and a noun 0,2 .
Table 4.4 Pairs of Word Category in English Blends
No Word Category
Adjective Blend
Noun Blend
Verb Blend
Adverb Blend
Total Percentage
1. A + A
83 5
- -
88 7
2. A + N
10 176
- -
186 16
3. N + A
48 12
- -
60 4
4. N + N
- 779
- -
779 66
5. N + V
- 4
13 -
17 1
6. V + N
- 19
3 -
22 2
7. V + V
- -
29 -
29 2
8. Adv + A
6 -
- -
6 1
9. Adv + Adv
- -
- 7
7 1
10. Pron + N -
3 -
- 3
0,2 Total
147 998
45 7
1197 100
Notes : A: Adjective; N: Noun; V: Verb; Adv: Adverb; Pron: Pronoun
The following sections present a more detailed discussion of word category in blends which is classified based on major categories of resulting blends. They
are adjective blends, noun blends, verb blends, and adverb blends. It has been already discussed in Chapter 2 that a noun is typically an abstract and concrete
entity in the world. A verb denotes to any action, activity, or state of being. An adjective is a property which a noun possesses. An adverb typically modifies a
verb, adjective, and another adverb indicating how, when, or why something happened or the degree to which a property characterizes an individual or event.
1. Noun Blends
The category of noun blends deserves the first position in gaining the huge number of blends. Noun blends yield variations in the composition of word
category in the source words. As can be seen in Figure 4.6, noun blends can be formed from two nouns N + N, two adjectives A + A, an adjective with a noun
A + N, a noun with an adjective N + A, a noun with a verb N + V, a verb with a noun V + N, and a pronoun with a noun Pron + N. The most frequent
noun blends occur in blends which are composed of two nouns. There are 779 blends which belong to this category. The second most frequent noun blends
combine an adjective and a noun, involving 176 blends. Meanwhile, the rest of them are very small in number. The combination of a verb with a noun, a noun
with an adjective, an adjective with an adjective, a noun with a verb, and a pronoun with a noun only belongs to 19, 12, 5, 4, and 3 blends respectively.
Figure 4.6 Word Category of Noun Blends
5 176
12 779
4 19
3 100
200 300
400 500
600 700
800
A + A A + N
N + A N + N
N + V V + N
Pron + N word category
The examples of noun blends are presented in Table 4.5. Noun blends are divided into seven subclasses. The first subclass is the combination of two
adjectives A + A. The examples are ruralpolitan rural x metropolitan, Indipop Indian x popular, balun balanced x unbalanced, physible
physical x feasible, and smassy smart x sassy. The second subclass is the combination of an adjective and a noun A + N. The examples are vactor
virtual x actor, ezine electronic x magazine, bioterrorism biological x terrorism, permalink permanent x link, digilante digital x vigilante,
and odditorium odd x auditorium. The third subclass is the combination of a noun and an adjective N + A. The examples are heteroflexible heterosexual
x flexible, laundromat laundry x automatic, pedelec pedal x electric, manorexic man x anorexic, and touron tourist x moron. The fourth subclass
is the combination of two nouns N + N. The examples are plumcot plum x apricot, spatique spa x boutique, stalkerazzi stalker x paparazzi,
teaffee tea x coffee, yogalates yoga x pilates, cronut croissant x doughnut, and bankster banker x gangster. The fifth subclass is the
combination of a noun and a verb N + V. The examples are apostrofly apostrophe x fly, treedo tree x redo, octopush octopus x push, and
reintarnation reincarnation x tarnish. The sixth subclass is the combination of a verb and a noun V + N. The examples are prancercise prance x
exercise, sharent share x parent, singspiration sing x inspiration, sleepcation sleep x vacation, eatertainment eat x entertainment, and
misleadership mislead x leadership. The last subclass is the combination of a
