Semantic change in the history of Spanish word formation

Franz Rainer

Semantic change in the history of Spanish word formation

Franz Rainer

Competence Center for Business Languages

Publication: Chapter in book/Conference proceeding › Chapter in edited volume

Abstract

The article presents a systematic overview of how semantic change came about in the history of Spanish word formation. After a section where genuine semantic change is distinguished from apparent semantic change, the following main mechanisms are identified: irradiation, absorption, paradigmatic realignment, secretion, metaphorical extension, and metonymic switching.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Morphology
Editors	Antonio Fábregas, Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Grant Armstrong, María Cristina Cuervo and Isabel Pujol Payet
Place of Publication	Abingdon/New York
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	430 - 440
ISBN (Print)	978-0-367-33157-3
Publication status	Published - 2021

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