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 PREFACE

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 CONTENT

PREFACE 2
CONTENT 3
CHAPTERI 4
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NTRODUCTI
ON 4
Backgr
ound 4
Pr
obl
em For
mul
ati
on 4
Resear
chObj
ect
ives 4
CHAPTERI
I 5
DI
SCUSSI
ON 5
Thedef
ini
ti
onofacr
ony
m andbl
endi
ng 5
Ty
pesofacr
ony
m andbl
endi
ng 6
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CHAPTERI
II 8
CLOSI
NG 8
Concl
usi
on 8
Suggest
ion 8
REFERENCES 9
 CHAPTERI
I
NTRODUCTI
ON

A.Backgr
ound

Acr ony msandbl endsar etwomet hodsofwor df ormat iont hathav ebecome
i
ncr easi ngl ycommoni nmoder nlanguage.Acr onymsar ef or medbyt akingt hef i
rstlet
ter
s
orsy llabl esofot herwor dsandpr onounci ngthem asanewwor d.Forexampl e,the
acrony m" NASA"i sf or medf rom thef ir
stl ett
er soft heNat ionalAer onaut i
csandSpace
Admi nist rati
on.Bl endsar ef ormedbycombi ningt hesoundsandmeani ngsoft woormor e
wor ds.Forexampl e, thebl end"mot el"isf ormedby
combi ningt hef i
rstpar tof" motor"wi ththel astpar tof" hot el"
.
Acr ony msandbl endsar eoftenusedt oshor t
enorsi mpl i
fywor dsorphr ases.Theycan
alsobeusedt ocr eat enewwor dswi thnewmeani ngs.Theyar epar ticularlycommoni n
i
nf ormal l
anguage, suchassl angandt extmessagi ng.
Bot hacr onymsandbl endshav eal onghi stor
y ,withsomeoft heear li
estexampl es
dat i
ngbackt oanci entGr eece.Acr ony mshav ebeenusedi nscient i
ficandt echnical wri
ti
ng
forcent ur i
es, andbl endshav ebecomei ncreasinglycommoni nev erydayl anguagei nr
ecent
years.
Acr ony msandbl endscanbebot hadv antageousanddi sadv antageous.Ont heone
hand, theycanbeshor t
erandeasi ertor emembert hant hewor dsorphr asest heyr epl
ace.
Theycanal sobemor ecreat i
veandexpr essi ve.Ont heot herhand, theycanbedi f
ficul
tto
under st and, especi al l
yf orpeopl ewhoar enotf ami l
iarwi tht hem.Theycanal sobe
ambi guous, ast heycanhav emor et hanonemeani ng.
Despi tethepot ent i
al drawbacks, acr onymsandbl endsar elikel
yt ocont inuet obeused
extensi v elyinmoder nlanguage.Theyar eav aluablet ool forcommuni cation,andt heyare
const ant lyev olvingt omeett heneedsofl anguageuser s.

B.Pr
obl
em For
mul
ati
on
a.Whati
sacrony
m andblending?
b.Whatar
ethetypesofacronym andbl
endi
ng?
c.Whatar
etheusageofacronym andbl
endi
ngi
ndai
l
yli
fe?

C.Resear
chObj
ect
ives
a.Expl
ainwhatacronym andblendi
ngare
b.Expl
ainwhatthetypesofcompoundwor dar
e
c.Expl
aint
heusageofacr onym andbl
endi
ngindai
l
yli
fe
 CHAPTERI
I
DI
SCUSSI
ON

A.Thedef
ini
ti
onofacr
ony
m andbl
endi
ng
Anacrony mi
sawor df ormedf rom t
heiniti
allett
ersofot herwords,typi
call
y
pronouncedasawor dinit
self.Forinst
ance,theacrony m"NASA"i sformedf r
om the
fi
rstlett
ersoft heNati
onalAer onauti
csandSpaceAdmi ni
str
ation.Acronymsar e
oftenusedt oshort
enlengthyorcompl exphrases,maki ngthem mor econv eni
ent
andmemor abl
e.Thisisparti
cularl
yevidenti
nt echnicalandscientif
icfi
elds,where
acronymsabound,suchas" MRI "formagnet i
cr esonancei magingand" GPS"for
globalposi
ti
oningsyst
em.
Thecreati
onofacronymsi sadynami
cpr ocessthatr
eflectstheev er-
evol
ving
natureoflanguage.Asnew conceptsandtechnologi
esemer ge,new acr onymsar e
coi
nedt ocapturetheiressence.Thi
sisevi
denti nthereal
m oft echnology,where
acronymsl i
ke"WWW"f orWor l
dWi deWeband" AI"f
orarti
ficialintel
l
igencehav e
becomecommonpl ace.
Acronymsarenotonlyusedinf or
malcont ext
sbutalsopermeateev er
yday
l
anguage.From thewidel
yusedacronyms" ATM"( Automat
edTell
erMachi ne)and
"
LOL"(LaughingOutLoud)tothecommonpl aceblends"smog"and"brunch,"t
hese
l
i
nguist
iccreati
onshav
ebecomeani ntegr
alpartofourcommunicat
ion.
Theper v
asivenessofacr ony msi nev erydaylanguager efl
ectstheirabil
it
yt o
effecti
v el
yconv eyinformat i
oninaconci seandmemor abl
emanner .Acronyms,wi th
theirabbr evi
atednat ure,al l
owf oref fi
cientcommuni cati
on,part
icul
arl
yinsituations
wher et i
me i s oft he essence.Howev er,t he use ofacr ony
ms can al so pose
challenges.Someacr ony msmaybeunf ami l
i
art o cer t
ainaudiences,leadingt o
potentialmi sunderstandi ngs.Additionally,t hepr onunciati
onofsomeacr onymscan
be ambi guous,f urther compl icating communi cation.Despitet hese pot ential
drawbacks,acr ony msr emainav aluablet oolf orcommuni cat
ion.Theirabi l
it
yt o
shor t
en and si mpl if
yl anguagemakest hem par t
icularl
yusefulint echnicaland
scientif
icf i
elds,wher epr eci
sionandef f
iciencyar epar amount.
Bl
endi
ng,al
soknownaspor t
manteau,i
salinguist
icprocessthatinvol
vesthe
mergi
ngofsoundsandmeani ngsf r
om twoormor ewor dst ocreat
eanew l exical
i
tem wi
thauni
fi
edpronunci
ati
onandbl endedmeaning.Thiscreati
veprocessresult
s
i
nanewwor dthatcapt
urestheessenceofitsconsti
tuentelements,oft
enaddinga
t
ouchofhumororinf
ormali
tytolanguage.
Forinstance,theblend" motel
"i sformedbyseaml essl
ycombiningthef ir
st
par
tof" motor
"wi ththelastpartof" hotel,
"result
ingi
nanew t ermthatsignif
iesa
pl
acewher emot or
istscanst ayov ernight.Simil
arl
y,theblend"brunch"playful
ly
mergesthesoundsandmeani ngsof" breakfast"and"l
unch,"cr
eati
ngawor df ora
mealthatst
raddlesthetwot r
aditi
onal t
imesl ot
s.
Bl
endsof tenariseini nfor
malorslangregist
ers,addingat ouchofcreati
vi
ty
and expressiveness tol anguage.Forexampl e,t he bl
end "frenemy"pl ay
full
y
combines" fr
iend"and" enemy "tocapturethecompl exdy namicsofal ove-
hate
rel
ati
onship,whilethet erm" bromance"j
okingl
ymer ges"brother
"and" r
omance"t o
descr
ibeacl oseplatonicf ri
endshi
pbet weenmen.Thef or mat
ionofbl endsisa
 testamenttot headaptabil
it
yandi ngenui
tyoflanguageuser
s.Bymer gi
ngand
transf
ormingexist
ingwords,weareabletocapt
urenewconceptsandexper
iences,
expandingtheexpressi
verangeofl
anguage.

B.Ty
pesofacr
ony
m andbl
endi
ng

Ty
pesofAcr ony m:
1.Initialisms: Initiali
smsar eacr ony mst hatar epr onouncedasaser iesofl et t
er s,rat her
thanasawor d.Forexampl e,t heacr ony m" FBI "fort heFeder al Bur eauof
Inv est igat ioni spr onouncedas" ef f-
bee- ey e"r athert hanasawor d.Ot herexampl es
ofi ni t
ial i
smsi ncl ude" NASA"f ort heNat i
onal Aer onaut icsandSpaceAdmi nistration,
"IRS"f ort heI nt ernal Rev enueSer vi
ce, and" TV"f ort elevision.I nitialismsar eof ten
usedi nsi tuat i
onswher ei tisi mpor tantt odi stingui shbet weent heacr ony m andt he
full phr asei trepr esent s.Forexampl e,thei niti
alism " FBI "isusedmor eof tent hant he
full phr ase" Feder al Bur eauofI nv estigat ion"i nor dert oav oidconf usionwi t
hot her
or gani zat ionst hathav esi mi larnames, suchast heFeder al Reser veBankort he
Feder al TradeCommi ssi on.
2.Tr ueAcr ony ms: Tr ueacr ony msar eacr ony mst hatar epr onouncedasawor d.For
exampl e, theacr ony m" SCUBA"f orSel f-Cont ainedUnder wat erBr eat hingAppar at us
ispr onouncedas" skuba" .Ot herexampl esoft rueacr ony msi ncl ude" NATO"f ort he
Nor thAt lant icTr eat yOr gani zat ion, "LASER"f orLi ghtAmpl if
icat i
onbySt i
mul ated
Emi ssi onofRadi ation, and" RADAR"f orRadi oDet ect i
onandRangi ng.Tr ue
acr ony msar eof tenusedi nsi tuat ionswher eitismor econv eni entt opr onouncet he
acr ony m asawor dt hant ospel loutt hef ul lphr ase.Forexampl e, theacr ony m
"NASA"i susedmor eof tent hant hef ullphr ase" Nat ional Aer onaut icsandSpace
Admi nist rat i
on"becausei tisshor t
erandeasi ert osay .
3.Backr ony ms: Backr ony msar eacr ony mst hatar ecr eat edbyt akinganexi stingwor d
orphr aseandassi gni ngameani ngt oeachoft hel etters.Forexampl e,theacr ony m
"FICA"f ort heFeder al Insur anceCont ribut ionsActwasor iginal l
ycr eat edbyt aking
thef ir
stl etter soft hewor ds" Feder alInsur anceCont ri
but ionsAct "andassi gni ng
them ameani ng.Howev er ,theacr ony mi snowpr onouncedas" fie-ka"andi sno
longerconsi der edt obeat ruebackr ony m.
4.Recur si veacr ony ms: Recur siveacr ony msar eacr ony mst hatar edef i
nedi nt ermsof
themsel ves.Forexampl e, t
heacr ony m" GNU"f ort heGNUPr ojecti sdef inedas" GNU
isNotUni x" .
5.Doubl eacr ony ms: Doubl eacr ony msar eacr ony mst hatar ef ormedf r om t hel etter s
ofanot heracr ony m.Forexampl e, theacr ony m" RAM"f orRandom AccessMemor y
isf or medf rom t hel ettersoft heacr ony m" ROM"f orRead- OnlyMemor y.
6.Jar goni sms: Jar goni smsar eacr ony mst hatar eusedbyapar ticul argr oupofpeopl e,
suchassci ent ists, engi neer s,orcomput erpr ogr ammer s.Forexampl e,theacr ony m
"HTTP"f orHy per textTr ansf erPr ot ocol isusedbycomput erpr ogr ammer st or ef ert o
thepr ot ocol thati susedt ot ransf erwebpages.
7.Cont ract ions: Cont ract ionsar enott echni cal l
yacr ony ms, butt heyar eof tenusedi n
thesamewayasacr ony ms.Forexampl e, thecont r
act i
on" don' t"isf or medf rom t he
wor ds" do"and" not ".

Ty
pesofBlendi ng:
1.Successi veBlending:Successivebl
ending,alsoknownasaddi t
iveblending,
inv
olvescombi ni
ngthesoundsoft woormor ewordsinasequent i
almanner .
Thispr ocessr esul
tsinanewwor dthatretai
nsthedisti
nctsoundsofi t
s
consti
t uentelement s.Fori
nstance,
thebl end"smog"isformedbyaddi ti
vely
combi ningthesoundsof" smoke"and" f
og,"whil
etheterm" br
unch"iscreatedby
 sequent iall
ymer gi ngt hesoundsof" breakf ast"and" l
unch. "
2.Ov erlapBl endi ng: Inov erlapbl ending,thesoundsoft woormor ewor dsare
par t
iallymer ged, resul ti
ngi nanewwor dthatcombi nesel ement sf rom bot h
sour ces.Fori nst ance, thebl end" chuckle"isf ormedbyov erlappingt hesoundsof
"chuck"and" cl utt er,
"whi l
et het erm" splorch"i scr eatedbymer gingt hesoundsof
"splat"and" plur ch. "
3.Redupl i
cat i
onBl endi ng: Redupl i
cationbl endingi nv olvesreplicati
ngapor ti
onofa
wor dandmer gi ngi twi tht heor i
ginalform.Thi spr ocessof tenresul tsinpl ayful or
humor ousbl ends.Fori nst ance, t
hebl end" tickle-t
ock"i sf ormedbyr eduplicating
thel astsy l
labl eof" ti
ckl e,"whi l
et heterm" fl
ip-fl
op"i scr eatedbyr edupl i
catingt he
entiresy l
labl e" flop. "
4.Ini
tial Blends: Blendsf ormedbycombi ningt hei ni
tialsoundsoft wowor ds, such
as" smog"f rom " smoke"and" fog. "
5.Final Blends: Blendsf or medbycombi ningt hef inal soundsoft wowor ds,suchas
"brunch"f rom " br eakf ast "and" l
unch."
6.Blendswi thAf fixat ion: Blendst hatincor poratepr ef i
xesorsuf fi
xes, suchas
"smog"wi tht he" -age"suf fix.
7.BackBl ends: Bl endsf or medbyr eversingt hesoundsofanexi sti
ngwor d,suchas
"eggcor n"from " acor n."
8.Hy bridBl ends: Bl endst hatcombi nemul t i
pleblendi ngt echni ques, suchas
"chuckl e"f rom " chuck"and" cl
ut t
er."

C.Theusageofacr
ony
m andbl
endi
ngi
ndai
lyl
if
e

Acr ony mshav ebecomeani ndi spensabl epar tofmoder ncommuni cat i
on,pr ov i
ding
conci seandmemor ablesubst i
tut esf orl engt hyorcompl exphr ases.Fr om t hewi del yused
acrony ms " ATM"( Aut omat ed Tel lerMachi ne)and " LOL"( Laughi ng OutLoud)t ot he
commonpl aceabbr eviat i
ons" NASA"( Nat i
onalAer onaut i
csandSpaceAdmi nist ration)and
"USA"( Uni tedSt at esofAmer ica) ,acr ony mshav ebecomeani ntegr alpar tofourdai l
y
vocabul ary.Thei ref fi
ci ency and memor abi l
ity make acr ony ms par t i
cul ar ly usef uli n
techni caland sci entif
icf ields,wher e pr eci sion and br ev i
tyar e par amount .Fr om t he
acrony m" MRI "( magnet icr esonancei magi ng)i nmedi calt er minol ogyt o" GPS"( global
posi ti
oni ngsy stem)i nnav i
gat iont echnol ogy ,acr ony mspr ovideashor thandf orcompl ex
concept s, f
aci li
tatingcommuni cat ionandunder standi ng.
Blends,wi tht heirabi li
tyt omer gesoundsandmeani ngs,of tenappeari ni nformal
l
anguageandsl ang,addi ngat ouchofcr eat ivityandhumort oouri nt er act ions.Fr om t he
play f
ulbl ends" frenemy "( fri
end+enemy )and" br omance"( brother+r omance)t ot he
ever ydayt erms" brunch"( br eakf ast+l unch)and" smog"( smoke+f og) ,bl endsi njecta
senseofl ight hear tednessandi nfor mal i
tyi nt oourconv ersat i
ons.Thei rpl ay fulnat ur eand
i
nf ormalusageof tenr ef l
ectt heshar edexper iencesandat tit
udesofspeci fi
cgr oupsor
gener ations, actingasl ingui sticmar ker sofcul turaltrends.Fr om t hesl angt erms" grenemy "
(girl+enemy )and" manspl ain"( man+expl ain)t ot heev erydaybl ends" spl or ch"( splat+
plurch)and" tickle-tock"( tickle+t ock) , blendsser veasl ingui sticmi rrors, reflect ingt heev er
-evolv i
ngdy nami csofhumancommuni cation.
Acr ony msandbl endsr epresentt wodi stincty etcompl ement aryaspect sofl anguage
format i
on.Acr ony ms,wi tht hei rf ocus on abbr ev i
ation and ef f
iciency ,embody t he
pragmat i
cnat ureofl anguage,ser vingast ool sf orconci seandef fect ivecommuni cat i
on.
Blends, ont heot herhand, wi tht hei rpl ay fulf usi onofsoundsandmeani ngs,showcaset he
creat i
v epot ent ialofl anguage,enr ichi ngourv ocabul arywi t
hnew expr essi onst hatr efl
ect
theev er-evolv i
ngnat ureofhumanexper i
ence.
Toget her ,acr ony ms and bl ends cont ri
but et ot he dy nami sm and adapt abi l
ityof
l
anguage,ensur i
ngi t
sabi l
ityt ocapt ur enew concept s,exper iences,andt echnol ogies.
Whet heri nf ormalori nf ormalcont ext s, t
hesepr ocessesenr ichourcommuni cat ion, addi ng
at ouchofcr eat i
v i
tyandpr actical i
tyt hatr ef l
ect st hei ngenui tyandexpr essi venessof
humanl anguage.
 CHAPTERI
II
CLOSI
NG

A.Concl
usi
on
Inconcl usion, acr ony msandbl endsst andasr emar kabl
et estament st ot hei ngenuit
y
andadapt abil
it
yofhumanl anguage.Thr ought heabbr ev i
ati
onandf usionofexi stingwor ds,
wear eabletocapt ur enewconcept s,exper i
ences, andt echnologies,const ant l
yexpandi ng
theexpr essiver angeofl anguage.Whet herinf or mal ori nfor
mal contexts,thesepr ocesses
enrichourcommuni cation,addingat ouchofpr agmat ism andcr eati
v i
tythatr eflectsthe
ever-evolvi
ngnat ureofhumani nt eracti
on.Asl anguagecont inuest oev olve, acrony msand
blendswi llundoubt edlypl ayani ncr easinglysi gnifi
cantr oleinshapi ngourl ingui sti
c
l
andscape.
Toget her,acr ony msandbl endsr epresentt wodi st inctyetcompl ement ar ysidesoft he
samecoi n,cont ri
but ingsi gni
ficant lytot hedy nami sm andadapt abi l
it
yofl anguage.
Acrony ms, witht heirf ocusonef f i
ciency ,ensur ethatl anguager emai nsapr actical t
oolfor
conv eyi
ngi nformat i
oni naconci seandt imelymanner .Bl ends,wi ththeirplay f
ul fusionof
soundsandmeani ngs, expandt heexpr essiver angeofl anguage, all
owingust ocapt ure
newi deasandexper ienceswi thcr eativi
tyandf lair
.

B.Suggest
ion

Acr
ony
ms
 Usethem whent heyarewidel
yknownandunder st
oodbyy ouraudi
ence.
 Keepthem shortandeasyt opronounce.
 Usethem sparingly
,ast heycanbedi ff
icul
ttounder
standforpeoplewhoar enot
fami
li
arwiththem.
 Avoi
dusingthem inf or
mal wri
ti
ng,astheycancomeacrossasunprofessi
onal
.

Bl
ends
 Uset hem ininf
ormalcontext
s,astheycancomeacr ossastooplay
fulorcasuali
n
f
ormal wr
iti
ng.
 Makesur etheyareeasytounderst
andandpr onounce.
 Av oi
dusingthem i
ftheyareli
kel
ytobemi sinter
pret
ed.
 Uset hem spari
ngl
y,astheycanbecomeov erusedandloset
heiri
mpact.

Her
ear
esomeaddi t
ionalt
ipsf
orusi
ngacronymsandbl endseffecti
vel
y:
 Usethem t
omakey ourwri
ti
ngmor econciseandmemor able.
 Usethem t
oaddat ouchofcr
eati
vit
ytoy ourwri
ti
ng.
 Usethem t
ocreatenewwordsthatcapturenewconceptsorexperi
ences.
 Usethem torefl
ecttheshar
edexperiencesandat t
it
udesofapar t
icul
argr
oupor
gener
ati
on.
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 QnA:
-Gi
ta:Whati
sthedi
ff
erencebet
weenanacr
ony
m andar
egul
arabbr
evi
ati
on?

Ans:Anacronymisawordfor
medf r
om thei
nit
iall
ett
ersofaphraseorname,
wit
hthelet
terspr
onouncedasaseparat
eword( e.
g.NASA,NATO).

Aregularabbrevi
ati
oni
sashor
tenedfor
m ofawor dorphrase,butdoesnot
necessari
lyhavetobef
ormedfr
om thei
nit
iall
ett
ers(e.
g.etc.f
or"etceter
a",
Mr.for"Mist
er")
.

So,themaindif
fer
enceist
hatacrony
msar eformedfr
om theini
ti
all
ett
ersand
pronouncedasaword,whi
leregul
arabbr
eviat
ionsar
ejustshort
enedfor
msof
wordsorphrases.

-Igo:
Howsy nt
agmat
icr
elat
ionshi
pofwor
dscanbeusedt
odev
elop
vocabul
ary
?

Ans:Under standingthesy nt
agmaticrelati
onshipofwor dscanbeausef ult
ool
fordevelopi ngv ocabular
y.Syntagmaticrelat
ionshipsrefertotheway sin
whichwor dsar ecombi nedtoform meani ngfulexpressi
onsorsent ences.
Understandi ngt hesy nt
agmaticrel
ati
onshi pofwor dscanhel pindi
viduals
expandt hei rvocabularybyrecognizi
ngcommonwor dcombi nati
ons,learni
ng
wordpat ter ns,buil
dingsemanticconnections,andi mprovinglanguagef l
uency.

-Emsil
i
a:Howdoacronymsi nfl
uencelanguagecl
ari
tyandcomprehensi
on,
andwhatar
ethepotent
ialbenefi
tsordrawbacksofwidespr
eadacronym
usagei
nevery
daycommuni cati
on?

Ans:Acronymscani nf
luencelanguageclar
it
yandcompr ehensioninsev er
al
ways.Ont heonehand, t
heycanhelptocondensecompl extermsorphr ases
i
ntoeasilyrecogni
zabl
eshorthand,makingcommuni cati
onmor eeffi
cientand
conci
se.Thi scanbeparti
cul
arlybenef
ici
alintechni
calorspeci
ali
zedfields,
wheretherearemanylongandcompl i
catedterms.

Howev er,acronymscanal sol eadtoconf usi

onandmi sunder standingift
hey
arenotwel lknownorpr operlyexplained.Theymayalsocr eat ebarrier
sto
understandingforpeoplewhoar enotf amili
arwi
tht
hepar ticularsetof
acronymsbei ngused.Thisi sespeciallytr
ueincommuni cationacr oss
di
fferentindustr
iesorregions, whereacronymsmayhav edifferentmeani ngs
orinter
pretati
ons.

Thepotent i
albenef itsofwi despreadacrony
m usageinev ery
day
communi cationi ncludesav ingti
meandspace, communi cati
ngcomplex
conceptsmor eef f
icient
ly,andcreatingasenseofbelongingorexpert
ise
wit
hinapar ticulargr ouporcommuni ty.Ont
heotherhand, dr
awbacksmay
i
ncludeexclusi onofi ndiv
idualswhoar enotfamil
iarwit
ht heacronyms,
misint
erpretati
onofmeani ngs,andal ackofcl
ari
tyincommuni cati
on.

-Li
la:Expl
aint
hedi
ff
erencei
nwor
dfor
mat
ionf
rom acr
ony
msandbl
endi
ng
andgiveanexampl
e!

Ans:Wordf
ormati
onfr
om acronymsandblendi
ngarebot
hprocessesthat
cr
eatenewwords,
buttheydi
fferi
nhowtheycombineandmodifyexi
sti
ng
wor
ds.

Acronymsinvolvetakingtheini
ti
all
ett
ersofaphraseandformi
nganewwor d
from t
hoselett
ers.Ther esul
ti
ngwordispronouncedasasingl
ewordrat
her
thanasindi
v i
duallet
ters.Anexampleofwordformati
onfr
om acrony
msisthe
word"radar
,"whichcomesf r
om "RAdi
oDetecti
onAndRanging.
"

Blending,ont heotherhand,i
nvol
vescombiningpar t
soft wowor dstocreatea
newwor dwhosemeani ngisoft
enacombi nationofthemeani ngsoft he
origi
nalwor ds.Inablend,par
tsofbothwordsar etypical
lyr
etained,andthey
arefusedt ogethertoform anewwor d.Anexampl eofblendi
ngi sthewor d
"brunch,"whichcomesf rom "
breakf
ast"and"lunch."

-HowdoweknowwhatFAMILYstandsf
or?
whynotbeanextensi
onofot
her
words?SuchasFAMI
LYi
sForewordAMessageI
nLineYour
s.

Ans:Wecancreateacr
onymsaswewantt owithoutanylimit
ati
ons,
however,
acr
ony mscancauseconf
usi
onormisunder
standingiftheacrony
mitsel
fis
notwidel
yknownorifonl
yyouar
etheonewhoknowi t
.

-Qamari
na:Howdoesbl
endingcontr
ibut
etol
exicali
nnovat
ioni
nlanguages,
andcanyougiv
eanexamplefrom acont
emporarycont
ext?

Ans:Bl endingcont ri
butestolexicalinnovationinlanguagesbycombi ningtwo
ormor ewor dstocr eateanewwor dt hatreflect
sacont emporar
yconceptor
trend.Thi sprocessal l
owst helanguaget oev ol
veandadaptt ochangingsocial
andcul turalcontexts.Forexampl e,"brunch"isabl endof" br
eakf
ast"and
"l
unch" ,refl
ecti
ngt heconceptofal atemor ningmealt hatcombineselements
ofbot h.Thisblendingpr ocesshelpst ocr eatenewwor dsthatar
erelevantand
refl
ectiveofmoder nlanguageusage.

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