Productivity of Word-Formation Processes and Blend Structures
UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRAŞOV FACULTATEA DE LITERE SPECIALIZAREA LIMBI MODERNE APLICATE
LUCRARE DE DIPLOMĂ
ABSOLVENT
ANDREEA-RALUCA MOISE
PROFESOR COORDONATOR
ELENA BUJA
BRAŞOV
2011
TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRAŞOV
FACULTY OF LETTERS
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES
PRODUCTIVITY OF WORD-FORMATION PROCESSES AND BLEND STRUCTURES
B.A. PROJECT
STUDENT
ANDREEA-RALUCA MOISE
SUPERVISOR
ELENA BUJA
BRAŞOV
2011
Contents
INTRODUCTION 6
CHAPTER ONE: HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO WORD – FORMATION
A PREVIEW TO THE PRESENT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS LINGUISTIC COMPONENT IN THE LANGUAGE 10 I.1.The advent of Word-Formation - a brief outline of the historical background and some general theoretical frameworks 10 I.2. Prominent figures and their theoretical innovative approaches – a landmark in the field of word-formation 13
CHAPTER TWO: WORD STRUCTURE AND LEXEME-FORMATION FEATURES 20 II.1. The linguistic sign. What is a word? 20 II.1.1. The equivocal interpretation of ‘Word’ 21 II.2. Classification and structure of morphemes 23 II.2.1. Roots, stems, bases 25 II.3. The lexical side of word-formation 27 II.3.1. Established and potential words 27 II.3.2. Word-formation processes - their status and role as word-building mechanisms 27
CHAPTER THREE: PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCES AND WORDS IN THE MIND 35 III.1 The boundaries of the lexicon 35 III.1.1. Defining productivity: the productivity of word-formation rules 36 III.1.2. Productivity and Creativity. Constraints on productivity 38 III.2. Psycholinguistic aspects: productivity and the mental lexicon 41
CHAPTER FOUR: PRODUCTIVE TRENDS IN ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION AND BLEND STRUCTURES 42 A. INTERNET, SOCIAL NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS 46 B. ECONOMICS, FINANCE, CORPORATE CULTURE 57 C. SCIENCE, MEDICINE 69 Interpretation of the corpus and insights into results 79
LUCRARE DE DIPLOMĂ
ABSOLVENT
ANDREEA-RALUCA MOISE
PROFESOR COORDONATOR
ELENA BUJA
BRAŞOV
2011
TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRAŞOV
FACULTY OF LETTERS
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES
PRODUCTIVITY OF WORD-FORMATION PROCESSES AND BLEND STRUCTURES
B.A. PROJECT
STUDENT
ANDREEA-RALUCA MOISE
SUPERVISOR
ELENA BUJA
BRAŞOV
2011
Contents
INTRODUCTION 6
CHAPTER ONE: HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO WORD – FORMATION
A PREVIEW TO THE PRESENT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS LINGUISTIC COMPONENT IN THE LANGUAGE 10 I.1.The advent of Word-Formation - a brief outline of the historical background and some general theoretical frameworks 10 I.2. Prominent figures and their theoretical innovative approaches – a landmark in the field of word-formation 13
CHAPTER TWO: WORD STRUCTURE AND LEXEME-FORMATION FEATURES 20 II.1. The linguistic sign. What is a word? 20 II.1.1. The equivocal interpretation of ‘Word’ 21 II.2. Classification and structure of morphemes 23 II.2.1. Roots, stems, bases 25 II.3. The lexical side of word-formation 27 II.3.1. Established and potential words 27 II.3.2. Word-formation processes - their status and role as word-building mechanisms 27
CHAPTER THREE: PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCES AND WORDS IN THE MIND 35 III.1 The boundaries of the lexicon 35 III.1.1. Defining productivity: the productivity of word-formation rules 36 III.1.2. Productivity and Creativity. Constraints on productivity 38 III.2. Psycholinguistic aspects: productivity and the mental lexicon 41
CHAPTER FOUR: PRODUCTIVE TRENDS IN ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION AND BLEND STRUCTURES 42 A. INTERNET, SOCIAL NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS 46 B. ECONOMICS, FINANCE, CORPORATE CULTURE 57 C. SCIENCE, MEDICINE 69 Interpretation of the corpus and insights into results 79