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[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Sorry. I somehow overlooked the phonological comment. Mea culpa.
 
G. Cohen

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Message from: Benjamin Zimmer, Mon 9/1/2008 10:43 AM

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>
> Why "but"?  Aren't overlapping sounds a
> contributing factor for blends (both intentional,
> Ã  la "motel", and un-)?

Indeed. That's why I wrote in the LL post, "Add to that the
phonological overlap that allows the creation of the fused form
[æd'hid] or [É(tm)d'hid], and the blendability seems almost
overdetermined." For more on overlapping contributing to blending, see
my previous LL post, "Blawgs, phonolawgically speaking":

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