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This study aims at providing a precise theoretical framework for the analysis of how blends are formed, illustrated by a study of neological blends taken from the Spanish press. This analysis includes a typology of the formation stressing the criterion of overlapping, a precise terminology proposed, and an analysis of the various criteria which go into making up blends, in particular criteria related to homophony.