Blending in english and vietnamese

Blending in
English and
Vietnamese
Group 6
(Friday – Period 123)


Members
1. Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyet
2. Phung Thi Thanh Vinh
3. Le Thi Huyen Trang
4. Nguyen Thi Trang
5. Hoang Thao Uyen


Contents
01
Definition

02

03

Total blends

Partial
blends

04

0

5
Non-

06

Overlapping
blends

overlapping
blends

Coordinate
blends


01

Definitio
n
Blending


What’s
blend?
A word made up of parts of two other words and
combining their meanings
The new word then represents a combination of
the sounds and meanings of the two original word,
but has its own unique meaning too!

Example

CALEXICO


BLEND WORDS
International

Internet

Network

Motor

Motel

Hotel

Stay

Staycation

Vacation

Breakfast

Brunch

Lunch

Web

Blog

Log

Smoke

Smog

Fog


02

Total
blend
s


Similarities
Minimizing the amount of words
Meaning derived from the meaning of its parts
Common in commercial and politic language
English

Vietnamese

blog = web + log

công danh = thành công +

email = electronic + mail

danh tiếng


Differences
English

Vietnamese

- A part of one word is combined
with part of another word:

A word in two words is combined
with one of another one:

+ The beginning of one word is
following by the end of another:

Ex:
tham gia (1) + tư vấn (2)
→ tham vấn

Ex: spoon + fork → spork
+ The beginning of one word may
be followed by the beginning of
another:

Ex:
American + Indian → Amerind

thiếu niên (3) + nhi đồng (4)
→ thiếu nhi


03

Partia
l
blend
s


Introduction
In a partial blend, one entire word is
concatenated with a splinter from another.


Similarities
An entire word may be followed by a splinter
English
Chill + Relax → Chillax

Vietnamese
Đá + Quả bóng → Đá bóng

A splinter may be followed by an entire word
English

Emote + icon → emoticon

Vietnamese
Màu sắc + Hồng → Màu
hồng


Differences
English
An entire word may replace
part of another.
Ex:
Friend + enemy→ Frenemy
Hungry+ angry→ Hangry

Vietnamese
An entire word may be made
a new meaning when
combining with another
splinter.
Ex:
Đất + Nước non → Đất nước
Ruột + Da thịt → Ruột thịt


Overlappin
04 g blends


Overlapping blends are those for which the

ingredients' consonants, vowels or even syllables
overlap to some extent. The overlap can be of
different kinds. These are also called haplologic
blends.

Ex:

anecdote + dotage → anecdotage
pal + alimony → palimony


Similarities
May be an overlap that is both phonological and orthographic

ENGLISH

VIETNAMESE

Picture + Dictionary → Pictionary Suy nghĩ + kết luận → Suy luận


Differences
ENGLISH

VIETNAMESE

- Termed imperfect blends.
Don’t have these
It can occur with three components:
characteristics.

Ex: Meander + Neanderthal + Tale →
Meandertale
- The phonological overlap need not also be
orthographic:
Ex: war + orgasm → wargasm


Differences
ENGLISH

VIETNAMESE

- If the phonological but non-orthographic Don’t have these
overlap encompasses the whole of the shorter characteristics.
ingredient, then the effect depends on
orthography alone.
(They are also called orthographic blends.)
Ex:
sin + cinema → sinema
sham + champagne → shampagne
An orthographic overlap need not also be
phonological:
Ex:
smoke + fog → smog


Nonoverlappin
05
g blends

Non-overlapping blends (also called substitution
blends) have no overlap, whether phonological or
orthographic
Ex: Beautiful + delicious → beaulicious


Similarities
It can be combined with any of the constituent parts of the word

ENGLISH

VIETNAMESE

Television + Photogenic →  Telegenic TV + ảnh →  truyền hình


Differences
ENGLISH

VIETNAMESE

- Having no overlap, whether

- Non-overlapping takes place

phonological or orthographic

with the combination of parts

Ex:

of things, phenomena

California + Mexico → Calexico

Ex: Động cơ + bàn đạp = xe

Beautiful + delicious → beaulicious máy
Tiểu sử + hình ảnh = bộ
phim
tiểu sử


Coordinat
06 e blends


Coordinate blends (also called associative or
portmanteau blends) combine two words having
equal status, and have two heads
Ex: Breakfast + Lunch = Brunch