How Was the Woman Created? English Man – Woman and Polish Mężczyzna – Kobieta in the Biblical Story of the Creation – A Cognitive Study of Word-formation as Image Creation: Agnieszka Gicala

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Word Formation ◽  
Biblical Story ◽  
Image Creation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cognitive Study

scholarly journals New Phenomena in the Sphere of Derivation Formants as Reflection of the Dynamics of the Russian Language Word-Formation System

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
Natalia Nikolina ◽  
Larisa Ratsiburskaya ◽  
Venera Fatkhutdinova
Keyword(s):  
Word Formation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Phenomena ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Formation System ◽  
Modern Russian

The article considers both new functional characteristics of known word-forming formants and new derivational formants. In modern Russian speech, there has been discovered such a new phenomenon, as the mobility of borrowed elements which can be qualified as affixes (ап, аут, ин, овер). Well-known formants of Greek and Latin origin have proved to perform new pragmatic-stylistic functions: prefixoids нано-, кибер-, крипто-; suffix -оид. These formants are mostly characteristic of terms, but, as the study showed, they can participate in the creation of expressive derivatives. The article uses the material of neologisms in fiction and media texts to identify new formants: prefixes мега-, нон-, он-, оф-; suffixes -инг, -раст; suffixoids -гейт, -оголик; movable formants ап, аут, ин, овер. The appearance of new formants and new semantic and pragmatic characteristics of the known formants reflects the dynamics of the word-formation system of the Russian language, due to the processes of internationalization, "ameroglobalization" in different languages at the turn of the 20 th – 21 th centuries. Neo-derivatives testify to the specifics of knowledge and experience acquisition with the help of word-formation methods and means relevant for a certain period of time. The results of the study contribute to derivatology, neology, pragmalinguistics and can be useful for lecturers and students of higher educational institutions majoring in "Philology" and "Journalism".

Morphological Theory and Creole Languages

2018 ◽  
pp. 454-475
Author(s):  
Ana Luís
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Word Structure ◽  
Morphological Theory ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Creole Languages ◽  
Morphological Patterns

This chapter explores the interaction between creole morphology and morphological theory by drawing on empirical evidence which illustrates that morphological similarities exist between creoles and non-creoles. Such evidence shows that morphological patterns in creoles may be used for the creation of new lexemes (through word-formation), that morphosyntactic features may be mapped onto existing lexemes (by means of inflection), or that derived words in creoles may be semantically non-compositional while inflected words may exhibit form–meaning mismatches and be part of non-predictable paradigms. Conceptually, the morphological evidence will be used to claim that creole word structure is just as principled as the morphology of non-creole languages, and that it can be naturally accounted for by applying the same formal apparatus that is used for the analysis of non-creole languages.

scholarly journals ON EFIK PREFIXING MORPHOLOGY

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
Eyo Offiong Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Noun Phrase ◽  
Basic Assumption ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Vowel Harmony ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Root Element ◽  
New Words ◽  
Semantic Value ◽  
The Creation

Prefixation is a grammatical devise that involves the attachment of a bound morpheme to the left of a root element or stem. It functions to signal certain grammatical relationships involving categories like tense, negation, person, number, and aspect. It can also trigger off the creation of new words from existing ones. The focus of this paper is to analyse the forms and structure of Efik prefixes in relation to the different phonological and morphosyntactic operations they can signal in the language. The paper also examines the various word formation strategies involving prefixation in the language. The basic assumption, however, is that the structure of Efik prefixes vary according to agreement, and is determined by the principle of vowel harmony. The study discovers that Efik prefixes have systematic and rule-governed structures and that certain conditions, such as the phonology of the stem, the stem’s lexical category and the semantic value of prefixes stipulate their position. We wish to interpret the following abbreviations in order to facilitate our analyses: Adv(erb), Asp(ect), Aux(illiary), Conj(unction), Fut(ure tense), Mod(ality), Neg(ation), N(oun), NP (Noun Phrase), Pres(ent tense), PT(Past tense), Pro(noun), Pfx (Prefix) SC (Subject Concord), Spec(ifier), Tn (tense) and V(erb). 

scholarly journals Unravelling compulsory happiness in exile: Cristina Peri Rossi’s The Ship of Fools

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Natasha Tanna
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The Novel ◽  
American Women Writers ◽  
American Women ◽  
Biblical Story ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Latin American Women Writers

A number of feminist critics of Latin American women writers in exile have suggested that women in exile may flourish as they are freed from the traditional gender restrictions imposed on them in their home countries. In this article I reexamine the association of exile with liberation through analysing Cristina Peri Rossi’s 1984 novel La nave de los locos ( The Ship of Fools) in the light of the tension between Rosi Braidotti’s Deleuzian affirmation of feminism as a ‘joyful nomadic force’ (1994: 8) and Sara Ahmed’s critique of compulsory happiness (2010). Peri Rossi juxtaposes the prescriptive worldview of the captivating medieval ‘Tapestry of the Creation’ in the Cathedral of Girona in Catalonia, which depicts the Biblical story of Genesis, and the diasporic and unpredictable wanderings of the protagonist Ecks on his journey to feminist enlightenment. I argue that while the novel seems to champion nomadic subjectivity, it also highlights the deceptive charm of imperative positive affect that may function as a disciplinary force, compelling subjects to follow a conventional path in life, and invalidating those who ‘stray’ from it. My reading of the novel calls for a nuanced approach to exile and diaspora that takes into account wider questions of the privilege and ease of movement – or, indeed, settling – enjoyed by or denied to various subjects.

The Interaction of Borrowing and Word Formation

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Source Language ◽  
New Name ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Creation

When a new name is necessary for a concept, word formation and borrowing are possible ways to produce one. As such, they are in competition for the creation of neologisms. However, borrowings can also interact with existing word formation rules. The reanalysis of a borrowing can result in its attribution to an existing word formation rule. The reanalysis of a number of formally similar borrowings can even result in a new word formation rule. Word formation and borrowing both have an inherently diachronic component to them. Historically, Latin was an important source language for borrowing. The effects are found in neoclassical word formation and in many internationalisms. Nowadays, anglicisms have become the most frequent kind of borrowings. Word formation rules may be activated to counter the prevalence of borrowing by creating alternative designations, but they may also be used to integrate borrowings into the lexical and grammatical system of the borrowing language. After an introduction with some theoretical background, twelve case studies present particular situations illustrating different types of interaction of word formation and borrowing in a range of European languages. The concluding chapter describes some general trends that emerge from these case studies.

Built Women in Men’s Paradises: A Critical Analysis of the Garden of Eden Narrative and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia R. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Biblical Story ◽  
Male Control ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
The Creation

Bringing the biblical story of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3) into conversation with Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina, this paper examines and compares the male-scribed nature of paradise stories that describe the “building” of woman-creatures. From ancient Judean scribes to modern film-makers and computer coders, male-guarded forms of literacy enabled and continue to enable storytelling and world-building. A comparison of the accounts of the creation of Eve of the Garden with Ava of Ex Machina highlights that male control over literacy more generally and creation accounts more specifically yields diminished woman-creatures designed to serve the specific needs of men in male-imagined paradise settings. Although separated by millennia, ancient Judean scribes and modern computer programmers have imagined and built woman-creatures with a limited set of functions and programmed routines that include providing help, serving as a companion, and heterosexual receptivity.

Derivation as a Source of Medical Terminology Formation

2019 ◽  
pp. 261-267
Author(s):  
Nataliia Misnyk
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Clinical Terminology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Medical Concepts ◽  
Clear Description ◽  
Terminology System

The article is devoted to the specificity of the derivation in the field of medical terminology. Among the traditional methods of term formation, morphological (in particular its variants – affixation and composition of words and bases) is the most active. In terminological derivation in the field of clinical medicine, several trends have been identified, the main of which are: the formation of its own terminological fund of word-formation means, the close interaction of national and international components, the high degree of regularity in the formal-linguistic design, which is explained by the international nature of formants and their regular communication with a certain word-making way. Recently, more and more attention is paid to its own word-building resources. It is possible to predict that modern terminology in the field of clinical medicine will deepen this tendency by involving international elements in the creation of terms and using already used for the expansion of the terminological fund of medical science. It is important to study derivation in terms of structural standardization of terms. An analysis of word-formation meanings and their means of expression make it possible, in our opinion, to streamline and generalize the types of relationships that we observe in the terminology field “clinical terminology”. The study of the affixation of a fund of medical-clinical terminology has given grounds for arguing that suffixal and prefixal morphemes largely determine the specifics of clinical terminology, which enable a clear description of certain medical concepts, phenomena, and activity in the creation of new terms. This method provides the possibility of using the same type of word formation, which contributes to the structural systematization of the terminology system.

scholarly journals Ivan Bobersky as the creator of the Ukrainian football terminology in Halychyna

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Iryna Protsyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Native Language ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Loan Words ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Football Game ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Verbal Definition

This article analyzes the football terms proposed for use in the Ukrainian football discourse by a well-known public figure, the founder of the national physical education and sports tradition Ivan Bobers’kyi. Emphasis is placed on the basic approach of Bobers’kyi to the development of the Ukrainian football terminology – the search for specific equivalents to foreign names (se-mantic derivation) and the creation of terms on national grounds (morphological and syntactic word formation), which would be clear to the general public, easily perceived and assimilated. The most important thematic groups of football vocabulary used by Bobers’kyi in his text-book Zabavy i Hry Rukhovi. Chast III. Kopanyi Miach (Entertainments and Moving Games) have been singled out. The content of these groups of names is demonstrated through a series of syno-nyms to outline a special concept at the initial stage of term formation. Also, modern analogues to the football terms of the early 20th century, unknown today to both football fans and profes-sionals and linguists, are presented. It is argued that the football terminology suggested by Bo-bers’kyi in the first Ukrainian football textbook Kopanyi Miach (Football) proved successful in the creation of the names of football concepts on a national basis. In fact, there are more Ukrai-nian names in all the thematic groups of football vocabulary used by the author in this manual than borrowings, barbarisms, and hybrid names found in the text. Bobers’kyi did not copy foot-ball terminology used in other European languages but searched for a verbal definition for foot-ball concepts trying to preserve the spirit of the native language. In an effort to demonstrate the richness of his native language and its word-formation potential, Bobers’kyi coined the Ukrai-nian term for football kopanyi miach (a kicked ball) – a term that most accurately conveys the dy-namics of the football game itself. It is emphasized that Ukrainians owe to Bobers’kyi not only the dissemination of informa-tion about football but also the beginning of the Ukrainian football discourse in the native lan-guage and the creation of football terminology on a national basis. Keywords: football discourse, Ukrainian football terminology, Ivan Bobers’kyi, native terms, loan-words.

scholarly journals Compounding in Danish

2014 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Elena Krasnova
Keyword(s):  
Formation Process ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Semantic Relations ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Creation ◽  
N Compounds

Compounding is a major word formation process in Danish. Approaches currently important for examining Danish compounds are outlined, mostly based on two-constituent N+N compounds. We argue that compounding has both specific and universal features in different languages. Different types of compounds in Danish are discussed with focus on elliptical compounds, without direct semantic relations between the components. This comprehensive approach has proved useful as compounds in Danish differ considerably in semantic relations between the components. The experiment shows that for some groups of “popular” words, analogy plays a great role in the creation and interpretation of novel compounds.

scholarly journals Renaming of modern Ukrainian oikonyms

2018 ◽  
pp. 135-151
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Kravchenko
Keyword(s):  
Word Formation ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City ◽  
Aesthetic Criterion

The active nominating processes, caused by the necessity of renaming oikonyms and town objects, have started in the linguistic landscape of cities and villages of Ukraine. This article is dedicated to 32 names of Ukrainian cities before and after the decommunization process. Among the astionyms of the Soviet era, which were to be renamed, seven contained the component Krasny or Chervony, two of them contained the component Komsomol (Chervonopartyzansk, Krasny Lyman, Krasnoarmiysk, Komsomolsk), other names were based on pseudonyms or the names of party leaders and communist ideologues. In general, they were not distinguished by the variety of names neither in terms of the lexical base nor in the aspect of word-formation formants. As a result of the analysis of renamed oikonyms, two main directions of motivational processes were revealed: the first of them was the return of former (old) names to cities (20 units, 62,5%), and the second was the creation of new names (12 units, 37,5%). Returning the historical names, inhabitants, as a rule, took as the basis the names of former towns, villages, small villages, and sometimes microtoponyms and ergonyms, which denoted objects that had existed before, and around which the cities were formed (Kamyanske, Bakhmut, Snovsk, Kadiivka, Golubivka, Gorishni Plavni, Kypuche). New names were chosen for two reasons. The first reason was that the historical name of the city was inconceivable, alien and irrelevant for contemporary inhabitants, and the second reason was that there was no historical name. The new names were chosen primarily according to orientation-spatial and physical-geographical principles of the nomination. They were based on hydronyms, ergonyms and oikonyms, which were somehow tangent to renamed settlements (Kalmiuske, Podilsk, Dovzhansk, Pokrovsk, Zavodske). Only one name represents the memorable principle of the nomination (Kropyvnytsky) and one name represents an aesthetic criterion (Myrnograd). For further research, it is promising and relevant to study renamed comonyms (village names), as well as other classes of onyms, primarily urbanonyms and ergonyms.

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