Metaphor and lexical neology: productivity of the {-nauta} morpheme in Spanish

This paper proposes a relationship between the productivity of the {-nauta} morpheme in Spanish and a series of metaphors that have, recursively, expanded their scope. The analysis takes under consideration studies addressing the processes of word formation from a perspective of diachronic morpholog...

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Main Author: Lorena M. A. de Matteis
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2017-03-01
Series:Revista de Filología Románica
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/55301