Panorama rétro-prospectif des études amalgamatives

This article offers an overview of several key issues and changes in the field of blending studies using data coming mainly from English, French and Modern Hebrew. It discusses the terminology used in French and English, the defining criteria of the concept which have been adopted in the literature, the distinction between blending and compounding, the variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches taken in the last three decades and novel avenues of research which might shed fresh light on the complexity of lexical blending.