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Conclusion
Our research indicates that rather direct – though language-specific – relations
between the phenomena denoted and the particular naming units can exist not only on the
phonological level in the case of onomatopoeic words, but also on the word-formation level in
the case of blends, as manifested by the names of crossed species of plants. Lexical blending
can word-formatively mirror their hybrid character. In English, such lexical blending has
occurred for more than a century, using mostly, though not exclusively, foreign bases. As
both cognitive blending and horticultural hybridization have unlimited possibilities to arise, it
can be hypothesized that, in connection with them, lexical blending could occur and be
productive also in other languages and potentially constitute a universal.
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Resumé
Kríņené slová sa v angličtine vyskytujú v mnohých oblastiach lexiky, najmä vńak v
hovorovom jazyku a v médiách. Príspevok rozńiruje záber doterajńích výskumov o zameranie
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