Adverb Blends Word Categories of Source Words in English Blends

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. To make it comprehensive and understandable, the correspondence of the primary stress in the resulting blends with stress in the source words is categorized into five patterns. The summary of these five patterns can be seen in Figure 4.10. Figure 4.10 Five Patterns of Stress Assignment of Resulting Blends Figure 4.10 presents five patterns of stress assignment in the resulting blends in regard to the stress in the source words. These five patterns deals with the equivalence between primary stress in resulting blends and primary stress in SW1, secondary stress in SW1, unstressed syllable in SW1, primary stress in SW2, and primary stress in SW1 and 2. In terms of the primary stress in the source words, the vast majority of primary stress in the resulting blends is equivalent to the primary stress in SW2 which accounts for 33 . Meanwhile, the correspondence of the primary stress in resulting blends with the primary stress in SW 1 is less significant than those of SW2. It makes up 32 . The smallest number is occupied by the correspondence of the primary stress in both SW1 and 2 which approximates 25 . 32 3 7 33 25 1st SW1 2nd SW1 unstressed SW1 1st SW2 1st SW12