Essays about: "word formation processes"

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1. 6. New Chinese Words in 2014 – A Study of Word-formation Processes

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

   Author : Peter Warell; [2016]
   Keywords : Words; new words; word-formation processes; contemporary Chinese; part of speech; syllables; blending; abbreviation; borrowing; blending; analogy; derivation; compounds; language change; quasi-affixes.;

   Abstract : 随着社会的发展，尤其是互联网的发展，很多语言每年都涌现出了不少新词汇。词语是每个语言最基本也是最重要的组成部分，因此分析这些新词汇的结构特点以及构词法是很有意义的。这篇文章分析了2014年出现在中文里的新词汇和它们的构词方式，论文的目的是为了更好地了解中文词汇的发展和特点。本文以《2014汉语新词语》中公布的2014年出现的新词汇作为语料进行分析，发现了以下两个主要特点：第一，合成法，派生法，缩略法是2014年产生的新词汇的主要构词方式；第二， 百分之七十二的新词汇是多音节词（包含三个或者三个以上音节），而百分之八十的是名词。这些特点说明中文词汇现阶段的特点和发展趋势，跟传统的中文词汇有不同之处。 .. READ MORE

3. 7. Beauty and the Blend : Implications of Cognitive Constraints and Word Class Distribution in Lexical Blending

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Kjellander; [2015]
   Keywords : Blending; wordplay; word formation; morphology.;

   Abstract : This master thesis investigates underlying principles and usage-based aspects of lexical blending. In a corpus study examining the lexical items, or matrix words, republican, liberal, and vegetarian it was found that there were three cognitive constraints influencing their potential to form blends. READ MORE

4. 8. Lost in place : on place theory and landscape architecture

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lovisa Kjerrgren; [2015]
   Keywords : landscape architecture; place; sense of place; genius loci; place identity; place experience; space; site; non-place; placelessness; assemblage;

   Abstract : Place is on the one hand a commonsense everyday word with diversely connotative meanings, and on the other a contested concept with different interpretations across a broad range of academic disciplines and discourses. This thesis researches theories of place and their implications for the theory and design practice of landscape architecture. READ MORE

5. 9. The Distribution and Spread of English Loanwords : Some Indications from Written Bangla in Articles concerned with Science, Culture, Lifestyle, and Religion.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Christopher Fröderberg Shaiek; [2014]
   Keywords : English; loanwords; distribution; written text; Bangla; science; lifestyle; culture; religion.;

   Abstract : English has served as a donor language of loanwords to many different languages in the world. One of these languages is Bangla. READ MORE

6. 10. Functional shift and semantic change in Lord of the Rings Online

   University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Susanne Norlin; [2013]
   Keywords : Semantic change; functional shift; LotRO; MMORPG; English; pejoration; word formation process; metaphorical extension; amelioration; widening; denominal verbs.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to identify functional shifts and semantic changes in the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Lord of the Rings Online. The focus is on new uses of established terms in Standard English and the intent is to see how the word formation processes work in an online gaming environment, and identify the possible reasons behind them. READ MORE