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Why Do Word Blends with Near-Synonymous Composites Exist and Persist? The Case of Guesstimate, Chillax, Ginormous and Confuzzled Cover

Why Do Word Blends with Near-Synonymous Composites Exist and Persist? The Case of Guesstimate, Chillax, Ginormous and Confuzzled

Psychology of Language and Communication
Volume 19 (2015): Issue 1 (May 2015)
By: Thomas Rhys Evans and  Gail Steptoe-Warren  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2015-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8506 | Journal ISSN: 1234-2238
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Language: English
Page range: 19 - 28
Published on: May 29, 2015
Published by: Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
word blends,
synonyms,
portmanteau,
blends,
words,
language
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Psychology,
Applied psychology

© 2015 Thomas Rhys Evans, Gail Steptoe-Warren, published by Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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