LEXICAL BLENDING IN THE MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Аннотация

This article looks at blending as a word-formation process which is gaining strength in modern English. According to the method, the formation of new lexical units occurs with impressive dynamism, but the corresponding changes are introduced into the dictionaries with delay and caution. However, many words formed with the help of blending entered the vocabulary of the English language. The number of blends increases every year. The dynamism of the process as an independent word-formation type proves its productivity. Blended words express various concepts and phenomena in the field of science, technology, politics, social phenomena, space research, transport, art, aviation, life, economics and finance, sports, language and linguistics, education, health, agriculture, etc. Due to their unusual and expressive nature they are widely used in mass media.