area of phonology. The simple reason is that blends do not merely combine two or more elements as in word-formation process. Rather, it has to be adjusted for the
sake of pronunciation. Moreover, if the elements of blends are separated, it is not only part or element of words but also the syllable and stress assignment are
examined. It is obvious that blending also deals with syllable constituents such as onset, nucleus, coda, or rhyme and also stress assignment which are known as
prosodic properties Plag, 2003: 123. Therefore, it is needed to treat blending as a prosodic morphology which discusses the interaction between morphology word-
formation process and phonology prosodic properties. Basically, phonological descriptions deal with what so called segments the
vowel and consonant. Blends are seen as having the same characteristic as words. Thus, they consist of more than a single segment forming a complex word
suprasegmental. For the sake of articulation of suprasegments, phonological features such as syllable size and stress assignment are joined together in the
analysis so-called prosodic analysis. It is said that prosodic features are suprasegmental. In this regard, they are
not confined to any one segment, but they occur in some higher level of a word. Stress, which is the property of syllable, is one of the prosodic features. When a
syllable is stressed, the emphasis and focus are given to that syllable. Furthermore, people can easily determine whether the word is a noun or a verb by
focusing on where the syllable is stressed in a word. The phonological characteristic which can be observed in the analysis of
blends is the stress assignment. The following sections are the discussion of the stress assignment in both contiguous and noncontiguous blends.
1. Contiguous Blends
Working on contiguous blends, a number of claims come up regarding the characteristics of the stress assignment. According to the earlier researchers, the
stress of blends is determined by the stress of the source words. In other words, it will follow the stress of one or both source words. Bat-El 1996, Fischer 1998,
and Bauer 2012 as cited in Lappe Plag 2012: 7 state that the stress of blends is mainly determined by the stress of SW2. Meanwhile, Hong 2004: 141 points
out that the position of primary stress in blends is the same as one or both of the source words. The following sections are the results and analysis of contiguous
blends based on the research data.
a. The Correspondence of the Primary Stress in Resulting blends
The result shows that the stress assignment of blends is equivalent to the stress of one or both source words. More specifically, the primary stress of
resulting blends is in equivalence with the stress of SW1, SW2, or both SW1 and SW2. This correspondence is presented in the following Figure 4.9.
Figure 4.9 the Equivalence of the Primary Stress in Resulting Blends
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Figure 4.9 shows that the primary stress in the resulting blends is equivalent to the stress in the source words. More specifically, the figure shows that the
primary stress in the resulting blends corresponds to the primary stress in SW1, SW2, or SW1 and SW2.
However, when looking carefully at SW1 of the figure, it is obvious that the primary stress in the resulting blends does not merely correspond to the primary
stress. Rather, it also corresponds to the secondary stress and even unstressed syllable in the source words. In short, the figure yields the result that the primary
stress in the resulting blends is in correspondence to the three different levels of stress, namely the primary stress, secondary stress, or unstressed syllable in SW1,
SW2, or both SW1 and 2. Among these three different levels of stress, the correspondence between
primary stress in resulting blends and primary stress in the source words is the most numerous. There are 388 blends which the primary stress is equivalent to the
primary stress in SW1. In the case of SW2, the primary stress of 394 blends matches the primary stress in SW2. Besides, 303 blends contain primary stress
which is equivalent to the primary stress of both SW1 and 2. As mentioned formerly, the primary stress in the resulting blends does not
always correspond to the primary stress in the source words. Rather, it also corresponds to the secondary stress and unstressed syllable in the source words.
According to the data, this case merely occurs in SW1. There are 30 blends having primary stress which match secondary stress in SW1. Furthermore, the
correspondence between primary stress in the resulting blends and unstressed syllable in SW1 is more popular. It includes 82 blends.
