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Chapter 5. Exploring linguistic competition in English derivatives ending in ‑ ie and ‑ o through a cognitive-onomasiological approach

  • Elizaveta Tarasova and José A. Sánchez Fajardo
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Competition in Word-Formation
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Abstract

This study investigates the issue of linguistic competition by analysing a dataset comprised of ‑ie/-o doublets, e.g. kiddie/kiddo, weirdie/weirdo. The analysis is based on the key tenets of the onomasiological approach to word-formation (Štekauer 1998) supplemented by the prototypical approach to affix rivalry (Hamawand 2007). The analysis aims to identify the nature of connections between the conceptual, semantic, and onomasiological levels within ‑ie and ‑o paradigms taken separately and whether these connections may play a role on the onomatological level. The analysis of the data allows for identifying four generic onomasiological models (i.e. quality, patient, object, and action), in which the categories of quality and patient convey the highest degree of competitiveness within the evaluative domain of pejoration.

Abstract

This study investigates the issue of linguistic competition by analysing a dataset comprised of ‑ie/-o doublets, e.g. kiddie/kiddo, weirdie/weirdo. The analysis is based on the key tenets of the onomasiological approach to word-formation (Štekauer 1998) supplemented by the prototypical approach to affix rivalry (Hamawand 2007). The analysis aims to identify the nature of connections between the conceptual, semantic, and onomasiological levels within ‑ie and ‑o paradigms taken separately and whether these connections may play a role on the onomatological level. The analysis of the data allows for identifying four generic onomasiological models (i.e. quality, patient, object, and action), in which the categories of quality and patient convey the highest degree of competitiveness within the evaluative domain of pejoration.

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Towards a competition-based word-formation theory 1
  4. Part 1. Competition in affixation
  5. Chapter 2. A lexicalist approach to affixal rivalry and its explanatory basis 34
  6. Chapter 3. Actional nominalization in Present-Day English in the light of the Referenced Index of Competition 72
  7. Chapter 4. Measuring affix rivalry as a gradient relationship 104
  8. Chapter 5. Exploring linguistic competition in English derivatives ending in ‑ ie and ‑ o through a cognitive-onomasiological approach 139
  9. Chapter 6. Diminutive formation in Modern Greek 176
  10. Part 2. Macro-level competition, the lexicon and its interfaces
  11. Chapter 7. Competition between affixation and conversion in Present-Day English denominal verbs 208
  12. Chapter 8. A diachronic perspective on competition in denominal verb formation in Italian 247
  13. Chapter 9. Competition of lexicon vs. pragmatics in word formation 275
  14. Chapter 10. [N1 + N2], [N + A], and [N1 + de + N2] 297
  15. Chapter 11. Revisiting Poser’s (1992) “Blocking of phrasal constructions by lexical items” from the perspective of the economy of language use principle 326
  16. Index 351
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.284.05tar

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Towards a competition-based word-formation theory 1
  4. Part 1. Competition in affixation
  5. Chapter 2. A lexicalist approach to affixal rivalry and its explanatory basis 34
  6. Chapter 3. Actional nominalization in Present-Day English in the light of the Referenced Index of Competition 72
  7. Chapter 4. Measuring affix rivalry as a gradient relationship 104
  8. Chapter 5. Exploring linguistic competition in English derivatives ending in ‑ ie and ‑ o through a cognitive-onomasiological approach 139
  9. Chapter 6. Diminutive formation in Modern Greek 176
  10. Part 2. Macro-level competition, the lexicon and its interfaces
  11. Chapter 7. Competition between affixation and conversion in Present-Day English denominal verbs 208
  12. Chapter 8. A diachronic perspective on competition in denominal verb formation in Italian 247
  13. Chapter 9. Competition of lexicon vs. pragmatics in word formation 275
  14. Chapter 10. [N1 + N2], [N + A], and [N1 + de + N2] 297
  15. Chapter 11. Revisiting Poser’s (1992) “Blocking of phrasal constructions by lexical items” from the perspective of the economy of language use principle 326
  16. Index 351
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