<b>The prefix “no”: polysemy and productivity in word formation process</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i1.2196

  • Maria Regina Pante UEM
  • Andréia Cristina Menezes UEM
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i1.2196

Abstract

Derivation and composition are among the most productive processes of our lexicon enrichment. Derivation, on its turn, is divided into prefixal and suffixal. The first one is placed before the base, while the second one is placed after it, modifying the meaning of the derivative word. These processes are the means by which new words are frequently formed and either incorporated to our lexicon or not. This paper aims at discussing how the prefix “no” has been treated within the word formation process, the prefixal derivation, as well as how it is registered in the main dictionaries of Portuguese language, such as: Aurélio, Houaiss, besides its increasing productivity in texts of diverse genres. In order to complete our study, we also searched for the use of a semantic approach, since many people believe that the prefix “no” only brings the base a negative meaning. We intend to show that, in fact, other meanings can be attributed to the prefix “no” and these changes of meanings are due to both the prefixal idea and the base meaning which occurs during the derivation process

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Author Biography

Maria Regina Pante, UEM
possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1988), mestrado em Letras-Filologia e Lingüística Portuguesa pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1994) e doutorado em Letras-Filologia e Lingüística Portuguesa pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2000). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Lingüística, Lingüística Histórica e Língua Portuguesa com ênfase em Morfossintaxe, Lexicologia, Gramaticalização Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-04-15
How to Cite
Pante, M. R., & Menezes, A. C. (2008). <b>The prefix “no”: polysemy and productivity in word formation process</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i1.2196. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 25(1), 51-57. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i1.2196
Issue
Vol 25 No 1 (2003)
Section
Literature and Linguistics

 

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