| Title |
Productive word-formation types of compound neologisms in the Lithuanian language / |
| Translation of Title |
Produktīvie jauno salikteņu darināšanas tipi lietuviešu valodā. |
| Authors |
Vaskelienė, Jolanta |
| DOI |
10.22364/vnf.15.14 |
| ISBN |
9789934363344 |
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| Is Part of |
Valoda: nozīme un forma = Language: meaning and form: Gramatika un vārddarināšana = Grammar and word formation.. Rīga : Latvijas Universitāte Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2024. t. 15, p. 227-249.. ISSN 2255-9256. eISSN 2256-0602. ISBN 9789934363344 |
| Keywords [eng] |
productivity ; neologism ; word-formation type ; compound ; component ; base word |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article is dedicated to neologisms of the most productive word-formation types of nominal and adjectival compounds. The study is based on the data of the analysis of 355 compounds (244 nouns and 111 adjectives) of four word-formation types. The study of neologisms has showen that the sequence of the most productive types of nominal compounds (noun + noun, adjective + noun) remains the same as indicated in grammars. The most productive word-formation type, noun + noun, includes 70 % of nominal neologisms. Thus, this word-formation type both in the past and present is the most productive. Nouns of both word-formation types meet the requirements of word-formation. Compounds are derived with an interfix (56 %) and without it (44 %). There remains a tendency to be based on base words of simple structure (78 % of compounds are based on morphemically indivisible stems of base words). The sequence of the most productive types of adjectival compounds also remained the same: the most productive type is adjective + noun (85 % of adjectival compounds), the second most productive type is noun + noun (15 %). 89 % of compounds have an interfix. 65 % of compounds are based on base words with morphemically indivisible stems. All neologisms are based on the base words included in the dictionaries. The meanings of all neologisms become clear from a minimal or wider context. Productivity of the word-formation type and knowledge of analogical real compounds also help to understand the meaning of a compound. Many neologisms are words with a negative connotation, often they are names of persons. |
| Published |
Rīga : Latvijas Universitāte Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2024 |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2024 |
| CC license |
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