Remarks on Tautology in Word-Formation

Szymanek, Bogdan

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“…2) In such evaluative formations, each suffix repeats the semantic information of its precedent. In the case of pleonastic affixation (Gardani 2015;Dressler et al 2015;Szymanek 2015), multiple affixation is reinforcing the information that is needed to process the word.…”

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Limits on the extension of affixal combination: structural restrictions and processing conditions

Rodrigues¹

2017

suvlin

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Limits on the extension of affixal combination: structural restrictions and processing conditions The study of the mental lexicon has been fostered by the analysis of the way complex words are mentally represented and processed. This paper concerns the syntagmatic extension of multiple affixation; specifically, the processing of complex words that contain four suffixes that operate in word-formation patterns of Portuguese. Although the individual addition of suffixes obeys structural constraints, the multiple combination results in complex words with low frequency and low expectedness by the speaker, which contribute to the lack of semantic transparency and of affixal salience of the combination. Our study demonstrates a relation between these factors and the experience of the speaker with the affixal combination, which determines the pattern character of the combination. We suggest that a suffix exerts the prediction of other suffixes as long as the combination is expected. Non-frequent heterocategorial complex words with a combination of four suffixes are contrasted with non-frequent words containing pleonastic affixation. In the latter type of words, the redundancy of semantic structures increases the semantic transparency of the word, which suggests a prediction effect operating on the semantic level of the affixal combination. Processing of complex words is dependent on the level of expectedness of the speaker towards the affix combination, which constrains the level of word acceptance by speakers.

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Limits on the extension of affixal combination: structural restrictions and processing conditions

Rodrigues¹

2017

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Brexit means Brexit: a constructionist analysis

Mompean¹,

Valenzuela

2019

Complut. j. Engl. stud.

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This paper presents a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the Brexit means Brexit tautology from a constructionist perspective. A multimodal corpus of instances of the construction was compiled and analyzed, paying attention to the components of the construction such as its phonetic-phonological and gestural features as well as the idealized cognitive models underlying the use of the tautology in discourse. This study also addresses how different semantic-pragmatic uses have an impact on the linguistic form (e.g. prosody, gesture) and emphasizes the fluid interaction between linguistic meaning/ form and the social and cultural context in which language is used. It is argued that a full understanding of any construction requires a multimodal, discourse-based analysis.[es] Brexit means Brexit: un análisis construccionista Resumen. Este artículo presenta un análisis de discurso basado en corpus de la tautología Brexit means Brexit desde una perspectiva construccionista. Se ha compilado y analizado un corpus multimodal de ejemplos de la construcción, prestando atención a componentes de la construcción tales como sus rasgos fonético-fonológicos y gestuales, así como a los modelos cognitivos idealizados (ICMs) que subyacen al uso de de esta tautología en discurso. El estudio también analiza cómo los diferentes usos semántico-pragmáticos tienen un impacto en la forma lingüística (p. ej., prosodia, gesto) y enfatiza la fluida interacción entre la forma/significado lingüísticos y el contexto social y cultural en el que se usa el lenguaje. Se afirma que una comprensión más completa de cualquier construcción requiere un análisis multimodal basado en discurso real.

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Remarks on Tautology in Word-Formation

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Limits on the extension of affixal combination: structural restrictions and processing conditions

Limits on the extension of affixal combination: structural restrictions and processing conditions

Brexit means Brexit: a constructionist analysis

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