4 Word Formation
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Ernesto González Seoane
Abstract
This chapter presents a basic description of word formation in contemporary Galician, focusing on the three most productive processes, namely, affixation (with specific sections for suffixation and parasynthesis, evaluative suffixation and prefixation), conversion and compounding. Within each of these sections and sub-sections the information is organised taking into account, in the first place, the morphosyntactic class of the output word (formation of nouns, adjectives and verbs), secondly, the word base class (denominal, deadjectival and deverbal formations), thirdly, the semantic notion conveyed through the output word. The study also tackles the less productive processes such as reduplication, clipping, blending, acronymy and univerbation.
Abstract
This chapter presents a basic description of word formation in contemporary Galician, focusing on the three most productive processes, namely, affixation (with specific sections for suffixation and parasynthesis, evaluative suffixation and prefixation), conversion and compounding. Within each of these sections and sub-sections the information is organised taking into account, in the first place, the morphosyntactic class of the output word (formation of nouns, adjectives and verbs), secondly, the word base class (denominal, deadjectival and deverbal formations), thirdly, the semantic notion conveyed through the output word. The study also tackles the less productive processes such as reduplication, clipping, blending, acronymy and univerbation.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 Galician and Romance Linguistics 5
- 2 Phonetics and Phonology 19
- 3 Inflectional Morphology 53
- 4 Word Formation 77
- 5 Syntax 107
- 6 Phraseology 157
- 7 Lexicography 173
- 8 Discourse Markers 193
- 9 Dialectal Variation 217
- 10 Spoken and Written Language 243
- 11 Language and Society 259
- 12 Galician-Spanish Language Contact 281
- 13 Codification and Standard Language 303
- 14 Terminology and Neology 319
- 15 Language and Education 335
- 16 Galician and the Media 353
- 17 Language and Emigration 373
- 18 Social History of the Galician Language 393
- 19 The Emergence of Galician as a Written Language 427
- 20 Historical Phonetics and Phonology 441
- 21 Historical Morphology 465
- 22 History of Galician Lexicon 493
- 23 Onomastics 517
- 24 Linguistic Historiography 537
- List of Contributors 559
- Index 561
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- Abbreviations IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 Galician and Romance Linguistics 5
- 2 Phonetics and Phonology 19
- 3 Inflectional Morphology 53
- 4 Word Formation 77
- 5 Syntax 107
- 6 Phraseology 157
- 7 Lexicography 173
- 8 Discourse Markers 193
- 9 Dialectal Variation 217
- 10 Spoken and Written Language 243
- 11 Language and Society 259
- 12 Galician-Spanish Language Contact 281
- 13 Codification and Standard Language 303
- 14 Terminology and Neology 319
- 15 Language and Education 335
- 16 Galician and the Media 353
- 17 Language and Emigration 373
- 18 Social History of the Galician Language 393
- 19 The Emergence of Galician as a Written Language 427
- 20 Historical Phonetics and Phonology 441
- 21 Historical Morphology 465
- 22 History of Galician Lexicon 493
- 23 Onomastics 517
- 24 Linguistic Historiography 537
- List of Contributors 559
- Index 561
