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The fate of ‘pseudo-’ words: a contrastive corpus-based analysis

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Van Goethem, Kristel [UCL] Muriel Norde Francesca Masini

The present study examines the fate of the neoclassical combining form pseudo- in eight European languages, belonging to Germanic (Danish, Dutch, English, German and Swedish) and Romance (French, Italian, Spanish). In order to gain a better understanding of the synchronic morphological behaviour and productivity of pseudo- words in these languages, we carry out a cross-linguistic corpus analysis and compare the morphological and distributional properties of pseudo-. We also analyse its debonding behaviour and categorical flexibility in the set of languages and correlate this property with its productivity. The results of the corpus study are discussed against the typological background of the so-called Germanic and Romance Sandwiches.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès mixte
Publication date 2023
Language Anglais
Journal information "Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics" - (2023)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher JohnBenjamins Publishing Co. (Amsterdam)
issn 1387-6759
e-issn 1569-9897
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/ILC/PLIN - Pôle de recherche en linguistique
Keywords neoclassical compounds ; combining forms ; morphological cohesion ; corpus linguistics ; contrastive linguistics ; evaluative morphology
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Bibliographic reference Van Goethem, Kristel ; Muriel Norde ; Francesca Masini. The fate of ‘pseudo-’ words: a contrastive corpus-based analysis. In: Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics, (2023)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/275767