Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms

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Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Kátia
Data de Publicação: 2006
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/3478
Resumo: The present article analyses the morphology of acronyms in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese under the productivity point of view. Its analysis is based on Sandmann (1988) as well as on Aronoff & Anshen’s (1988) study about productivity, and, more specifically, on Basílio’s (1980) proposal of analyzing productivity according to two kinds of distinct rules – word formation rules and structural analysis rules. When analyzing the present proposals of productivity studies, one sees that those studies aim at a kind of morphology which focuses phenomena which can be rule-described. Acronyms do not meet the morphological criteria since they do not have a root, a suffix or a prefix, and also because it is not possible to predict the acronym which will come out from a title. Acronym formation is intentional, which characterizes the process as unproductive. This way, acronym formation is an instance of unproductive morphology in Brazilian Portuguese.
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spelling Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronymsFocalizando a morfologia improdutiva: um estudo sobre siglasAcronymsWord formationLexical productivityMorphologyBrazilian Portuguese.e acrônimosFormação de palavrasProdutividade lexicalMorfologiaPortuguês do Brasil.The present article analyses the morphology of acronyms in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese under the productivity point of view. Its analysis is based on Sandmann (1988) as well as on Aronoff & Anshen’s (1988) study about productivity, and, more specifically, on Basílio’s (1980) proposal of analyzing productivity according to two kinds of distinct rules – word formation rules and structural analysis rules. When analyzing the present proposals of productivity studies, one sees that those studies aim at a kind of morphology which focuses phenomena which can be rule-described. Acronyms do not meet the morphological criteria since they do not have a root, a suffix or a prefix, and also because it is not possible to predict the acronym which will come out from a title. Acronym formation is intentional, which characterizes the process as unproductive. This way, acronym formation is an instance of unproductive morphology in Brazilian Portuguese.O presente artigo analisa a morfologia de siglas no português brasileiro contemporâneo sob a ótica da produtividade. Ele parte da análise feita por Sandmann (1988) e lhe dá seguimento com o estudo sobre produtividade elaborado por Aronoff & Anshen (1998) e, mais especialmente, com a proposta de Basílio (1980) de analisar a produtividade em dois tipos de regras distintas: as regras de formação de palavras e as regras de análise estrutural. Ao analisar as propostas presentes em estudos sobre a produtividade, verifica-se que esses estudos visam a um tipo de morfologia que focaliza fenômenos que podem ser descritos por regras. A sigla foge do cânone morfológico por não ter raiz, sufixo e /ou prefixo e porque não se pode prever a sigla que surgirá de certo intitulativo. A formação de siglas é intencional, o que caracteriza o processo como improdutivo. Desse modo, a formação de siglas constitui um caso de morfologia improdutiva no português do Brasil.UEL2006-12-15info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/347810.5433/2237-4876.2006v9n2p9Signum: Estudos da Linguagem; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2006): Volume Atemático; 9-26Signum: Estudos da Linguagem; v. 9 n. 2 (2006): Volume Atemático; 9-262237-4876reponame:Signum: Estudos da Linguageminstname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELporhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/3478/2830Abreu, Kátiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-11-16T18:01:44Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3478Revistahttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signumPUBhttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/oai||signum@uel.br2237-48761516-3083opendoar:2022-11-16T18:01:44Signum: Estudos da Linguagem - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
Focalizando a morfologia improdutiva: um estudo sobre siglas
title Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
spellingShingle Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
Abreu, Kátia
Acronyms
Word formation
Lexical productivity
Morphology
Brazilian Portuguese.
e acrônimos
Formação de palavras
Produtividade lexical
Morfologia
Português do Brasil.
title_short Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
title_full Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
title_fullStr Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
title_full_unstemmed Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
title_sort Focusing on unproductive morphology: a study of acronyms
author Abreu, Kátia
author_facet Abreu, Kátia
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Abreu, Kátia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Acronyms
Word formation
Lexical productivity
Morphology
Brazilian Portuguese.
e acrônimos
Formação de palavras
Produtividade lexical
Morfologia
Português do Brasil.
topic Acronyms
Word formation
Lexical productivity
Morphology
Brazilian Portuguese.
e acrônimos
Formação de palavras
Produtividade lexical
Morfologia
Português do Brasil.
description The present article analyses the morphology of acronyms in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese under the productivity point of view. Its analysis is based on Sandmann (1988) as well as on Aronoff & Anshen’s (1988) study about productivity, and, more specifically, on Basílio’s (1980) proposal of analyzing productivity according to two kinds of distinct rules – word formation rules and structural analysis rules. When analyzing the present proposals of productivity studies, one sees that those studies aim at a kind of morphology which focuses phenomena which can be rule-described. Acronyms do not meet the morphological criteria since they do not have a root, a suffix or a prefix, and also because it is not possible to predict the acronym which will come out from a title. Acronym formation is intentional, which characterizes the process as unproductive. This way, acronym formation is an instance of unproductive morphology in Brazilian Portuguese.
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