Morphological aspects of compounding: the case papaúpa

Authors

  • Fernando Maldonado Alegre Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v14i2.22603

Keywords:

Compounding, Papaúpa, Hypotactic relation, Paratactic

Abstract

The article focuses on analyzing and explaining word formation by composition in Peruvian Spanish. We pretend to establish morphosyntactic mechanisms that contribute to word formation, emphasizing morphological aspects of the compound word “papaúpa”; given that the lexical construction, without a doubt, is one of the linguistic facts that demonstrates a higher freedom from the speaker to form new terms. Within Peruvian Spanish, new linguistic structures are being generated in order to satisfy different ways of communication. Therefore, composition plays an important role in the growth of lexical repertoire.

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Published

2014-12-07

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Section

Review articles

How to Cite

Maldonado Alegre, F. (2014). Morphological aspects of compounding: the case papaúpa. Lengua Y Sociedad, 14(2), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v14i2.22603