The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a

The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word is called.
A、conversion
B、blending
C、compounding
D、clipping
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本题考查第四章对各类词汇构词法的辨析和概念的理解。转换法conversion偏重词性的转换（名词转形容词），复合法compounding是两个词干的组合（如easy-going），截短法clipping是把单词变短（如phone-telephone）,拼缀法blending是把单词和单词的部分组合（如medicare from medical+care）。本题是拼缀法的相关概念，因此选择B．