LEXICAL VS CONCEPTUAL BLENDS: HOW TO RECONCILE THE TWO?
Journal Title: Acta Neophilologica - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 0
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to apply a revised model of conceptual integration as proposed by Brandt and Brandt [Brandt and Brandt 2005, 3, 216-249; Brandt 2013] to the analysis of recently coined neologisms expressed in the form of lexical blends. Assuming that lexical blending is one of the most productive word-formation processes [Lehrer 2003, 15, 369-382; Lehrer 2007, 115-133; Gries 2004, 415-428], the question arises whether it should be considered solely for morphological analysis, or rather viewed as a cognitively entrenched phenomenon. The case of Polish Miserikordyna that is to be scrutinized within the course of the proposed analysis opts for the latter, thus giving conceptual blends priority over lexical blends. To prove this, the analysis of the proposed neologism will be carried out with the aid of a six-space model as delineated by Line Brandt and Per Aage Brandt. It is going to be proved that lexical blends involve more than a morphological operation since the process of their creation starts at the conceptual level and is inextricably bound with on-line processing and on-line decoding. Therefore, the Brandt and Brandt model seems an appropriate framework as it may contribute to a more thorough interpretation and ultimate understanding of various instances of such lexical blends.
Authors and Affiliations
Agnieszka Mierzwińska-Hajnos
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP207901
- DOI -
- Views 152
- Downloads 0
DIE GESELLSCHAFTLICHE STELLUNG DER FRAU IM WERDEGANG VON MARIANNE WEBER
-
БЕЛАРУСКАЯ MOBA У IНТЭРНЭЦЕ
The results of research on such a phenomenon as „Belarusian netspeak”, and also some specific features of the Internet communications (elitism of the modern Belarusian language; emotivity of the Internet syntax; carnaval...
CHARAKTERYSTYKA SEMANTYCZNA I STRUKTURALNA FRAZEOLOGIZMÓW NOMINUJĄCYCH KONCEPTY MIŁOŚCI, EROTYKI I SEKSU WE WSPÓŁCZESNYM ROSYJSKIM ŻARGONIE MŁODZIEŻOWYM
This article presents the description of phraseologisms nominating concepts of love, eroticism and sex in the contemporary Russian youth jargon. The analysis is based on 685 dictionary entries chosen from the contemporar...
Коммуникативная эффективность украиноязычного радиовещания в Украине
This article investigates the problem of communicative efficacy of the Ukrainian radio. Special attention is paid to the perception of the radio in the Ukrainian language in a difficult bilingual situation that can be ob...
Między Wschodem a Zachodem. Filozoficzne inspiracje Michaiła Arcybaszewa w kontekście wątków tanatologicznych
This article presents the motifs of death and illness in Mikhail Artsybashev’s prose, mainly from a philosophical perspective. His early short stories are compared to the style of Leo Tolstoy; being influenced by the wor...