The process of words formation with splinters -nese, -nejo and -tone

Abstract

This paper aims at the analysis of the formation of words like, 'macarronese', 'sambanejo' and 'chocotone' process involving the formatives -nese, - nejo and -tone, called 'splinters', a term proposed to designate constituents a particular type of word formation process called blending in terms of Sandmann (1997). Based on authors such as Bauer (1983), Algeo (1991), Sandmann (1997), Danks (2003), and others, this present research aims to discuss the status of theses elements that figure in new morphological units through the reanalyze process like 'ovonese', 'sorvetone', 'sextaneja', etc. And seeks to demonstrate that despite the divergence of views among the mentioned authors, the 'splinters' presents pattern and regularities when examined in the light of some criteria, e.g., the position occupied by such elements in the output word, applicability, density semantics, etc. The corpus used in this study was collected through electronics tracker as Google, Yahoo as well as varied situation of communication.

Keywords

Splinters, Blending, Word-formation

Author Biography

Regina Simões Alves

PhD student at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Carlos Alexandre Victório Gonçalves

PhD in Vernacular Letters from the Federal Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Professor at UFRJ.

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