caa a22 4500 37892432X CHVBK 20180305123613.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040607xx s 000 0 ger 10.1515/zfgl.2004.32.2.286 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/zfgl.2004.32.2.286 Schulz Matthias Jein, Fortschrott und Ehrgeizhals. Wortkreuzungen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache [Jein, Fortschrott und Ehrgeizhals. Blends in present-day German] [Elektronische Daten] [Matthias Schulz] This article focuses on a multistage analysis of the widely discussed question of whether there are regular patterns in word formation of blendings or not. After summing up the latest research in compendia and monographs follows an analysis of a corpus. Based on this analysis there will be a discussion whether these word formations are regular or not regular. In this context the interest is directed towards the predictability and dissolvability of blendings. It should be made clear that in this case there is no contradiction between a ‘play on words' and a ‘regular pattern of word formation': Blendings are at least in there cardinal appearances plays on words as well as regular patterns of word formation. Plays on words require certain rules for encoding and decoding word formations to let communication work. From that point of view the regularities revealed in this article are a phenomenon of blendings in context with the creative and playful use of language, which is through their regular pattern solvable by listeners and readers and therefore generally attractive. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure nationallicence Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik Walter de Gruyter 32/2(2004-06-07), 286-306 0301-3294 32:2<286 2004 32 zfgl https://doi.org/10.1515/zfgl.2004.32.2.286 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/zfgl.2004.32.2.286 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Schulz Matthias NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik Walter de Gruyter 32/2(2004-06-07), 286-306 0301-3294 32:2<286 2004 32 zfgl CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter