Linguistic Creativity and Word Formation

Leksička Kreativnost U Nadimcima Svetskih Tenisera

“…Preciznije, Bugarski (Bugarski, 2013) slivenice definiše kao rezultate procesa slivanja "dveju reči ili njihovih delova u novu celinu, često ali ne i obavezno motivisanom poklapanjem njihovih formalnih segmenata, pri čemu tako dobijena tvorenica najčešće i semantički predstavlja kombinaciju delova koji su ušli u njen sastav" (Bugarski, 2013: 17-18). Motivacija za tvorbu ovakvih novih nadimaka, i novih slivenica uopšte, krije se u činjenici da ona spada u deo jezičke kompetencije koji je zasnovan upravo na kreativnosti pojedinca, te da izvorni govornici poseduju sposobnost da stvaraju i razumeju reči, u ovom slučaju imena, s kojima se nikada ranije nisu susreli (Vizmuller-Zocco, 1985 Slivanje u slučaju nadimaka tenisera najčešće se odvija po obrascu 'ime/ prezime ili nacionalna pripadnost tenisera + zajednička imenica ili pridev koji najbolje opisuje datog igrača' -na primer, Stanimal = Stan + animal (Wawrinka), ili, obrnutim redosledom, Deliciano = delicious + Feliciano (López), ređe slivanjem delova imena i/ili prezimena igrača ( Juanaco = Juan + Monaco), a tek u pojedinačnim slučajevima, kao što je Sliderman = slide + Superman (Monfils), slivanjem dve lekseme od kojih nijedna ne predstavlja ime ili prezime igrača, već se obe odnose na neku njegovu osobinu.…”

Common language: corpus, creativity and cognition

“…Cook also performs the valuable service of directing attention to psychological factors (where in many studies social and socio-linguistic factors predominate). Other related studies include Pulman (1982), Howden (1984), Vizmuller-Zocco (1985), Toolan (1996). 7 Text-based linguists and literary stylisticians have, however, not had an exclusive concern with the instrinsic or 'inside' properties of 'aesthetic' discourse.…”

Notes and Discussion

“…Glark, 1982, 1993, Odlin, 1983, Berretta, 1986, Bozzone Costa, 1994, Pavesi, 1994, Nelson, 1995 and the process has been mentioned in more general investigations äs well (cf. Vizmüller-Zocco, 1985).The first study on conversion in English SLA focussed on converted denominal and deadjectival verbs (Odlin, 1983(Odlin, , 1986. Learners were found to consistently rate deadjectival verbs more acceptable than concrete denominal verbs.…”

“…aggredio 'aggression 1 from aggredire 10 , instead of aggressione (Vizmüller Zocco, 1985). In the first study specifically on this topic, Berretta (1986) reports the occurrence of conversion äs soon äs learners are capable of forming new words in L2, despite the overall smaller frequency of the device in comparison to English L2.…”

“…Although few coinages are reported in the literature on second language acquisition (SLA) 1 , äs other remedial strategies are often preferred (Faerch & Kasper, 1983, Bialystok, 1983, Poulisse, 1987, cf. Kasper & Kellerman, 1997, lexical innovations do occur both äs what can be considered slips of the tongue and äs a result of lexical search or morphological creation, especially at advanced stages of development (Vizmüller-Zocco, 1985, Zimmermann, 1988, Moretti, 1990, Ridley & Singleton, 1995. In the first case the learner unintentionally produces an unconventional morphologically complex word, in the second s/he consciously looks for a specific lexical item, at times creating a complex word which does not exist in the conventional lexicon of the target language (TL).…”