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Base selection and prefixing

The prefix des-

Abstract

Over the last few years, researchers have discussed the prime importance of semantic factors when it comes to defining the possibilities of combination and selection between derivational bases and affixes with respect to different languages. Based on a close revision of the categorial and semantic restrictions that seem to influence base-affix (in)compatibility, this paper examines verbal formations with the prefix des- in Spanish. Despite the need to deal with issues such as the argument structure of derivation and its semantic peculiarities and those of the prefixes, this study argues that it is still useful to bear in mind the so-called categorial restriction. In order to review the proposals made by different researchers, this paper focuses on verbs with the prefix des-, one of the most productive word-formation processes in present-day Spanish. Keywords: base selection; categorial restrictions; semantic restrictions; verbs with the prefix des-

Abstract

Over the last few years, researchers have discussed the prime importance of semantic factors when it comes to defining the possibilities of combination and selection between derivational bases and affixes with respect to different languages. Based on a close revision of the categorial and semantic restrictions that seem to influence base-affix (in)compatibility, this paper examines verbal formations with the prefix des- in Spanish. Despite the need to deal with issues such as the argument structure of derivation and its semantic peculiarities and those of the prefixes, this study argues that it is still useful to bear in mind the so-called categorial restriction. In order to review the proposals made by different researchers, this paper focuses on verbs with the prefix des-, one of the most productive word-formation processes in present-day Spanish. Keywords: base selection; categorial restrictions; semantic restrictions; verbs with the prefix des-

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. List of contributors xv
  5. Part I. Conflation
  6. On meteorological denominal verbs in Spanish 3
  7. Instrumental verb formation 21
  8. Conflation processes in the formation of Spanish verbs with a prepositional object 43
  9. Spanish deadjectival verbs and argument structure 65
  10. Sensory-emotional denominal causative verbs 107
  11. Morphology and pragmatics of affixal negation 145
  12. Part II. Formal Processes
  13. Deverbal nouns with the suffix -dura 165
  14. On protagonizar ‘an event’ and the scope of the concept of ‘light verb’ 185
  15. The relationship between verb-noun in derivational series 217
  16. Nominalizations of transfer verbs 233
  17. Base selection and prefixing 255
  18. Part III. Neologisms and Lexical Creation
  19. Phonetic adaptation and derivational morphological development of foreign words in Spanish in the dpd 285
  20. From Latin super- to Spanish sobre- 307
  21. Word formation processes and proposals for the classification of formal neologisms 347
  22. The concept of light in Spanish denominal verbs 369
  23. Metaphors as a source of lexical creation in the field of wine criticism 409
  24. On deverbal word formation as condensation of previous mental patterns 425
  25. Part IV. Applications
  26. Lexical collocations and the learning of Spanish as a foreign language 439
  27. Denominal verbs in Ele/El2 classroom (a didactic approach) 465
  28. Author index 479
  29. Subject index 483
Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation
This chapter is in the book Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.1.11dol

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. List of contributors xv
  5. Part I. Conflation
  6. On meteorological denominal verbs in Spanish 3
  7. Instrumental verb formation 21
  8. Conflation processes in the formation of Spanish verbs with a prepositional object 43
  9. Spanish deadjectival verbs and argument structure 65
  10. Sensory-emotional denominal causative verbs 107
  11. Morphology and pragmatics of affixal negation 145
  12. Part II. Formal Processes
  13. Deverbal nouns with the suffix -dura 165
  14. On protagonizar ‘an event’ and the scope of the concept of ‘light verb’ 185
  15. The relationship between verb-noun in derivational series 217
  16. Nominalizations of transfer verbs 233
  17. Base selection and prefixing 255
  18. Part III. Neologisms and Lexical Creation
  19. Phonetic adaptation and derivational morphological development of foreign words in Spanish in the dpd 285
  20. From Latin super- to Spanish sobre- 307
  21. Word formation processes and proposals for the classification of formal neologisms 347
  22. The concept of light in Spanish denominal verbs 369
  23. Metaphors as a source of lexical creation in the field of wine criticism 409
  24. On deverbal word formation as condensation of previous mental patterns 425
  25. Part IV. Applications
  26. Lexical collocations and the learning of Spanish as a foreign language 439
  27. Denominal verbs in Ele/El2 classroom (a didactic approach) 465
  28. Author index 479
  29. Subject index 483
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