The (inter)relation between the communicative function of neologisms and their formation process Authors Elisabet Llopart-Saumell Keywords: neology, function of neologisms, motivation, word formation, prototypic values Abstract In the study of neologisms and, particularly, of the communicative functions they accomplish we can see an interrelation between this factor and the word formation process by which they have been created. In this sense, we verify that depending on the motivation of the neologism and the concept to which it refers some mechanisms are prioritised. In order to define the function of neologisms, we use a methodology based on prototypic values. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Elisabet Llopart-Saumell Elisabet Llopart-Saumell eÌs doctora en ComunicacioÌ LingüiÌstica i MediacioÌ Multilingüe (2016), maÌ€ster en LingüiÌstica TeoÌ€rica i Aplicada (2011) i llicenciada en TraduccioÌ i InterpretacioÌ (2009) per la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). En la tesi ha estudiat la funcioÌ comunicativa dels neologismes a partir de l’anaÌ€lisi de criteris lingüiÌstics i extra- lingüiÌstics. Actualment eÌs investigadora postdoctoral al Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action, adscrit al Graduate Institute (IHEID) i a la Universitat de Ginebra, i tambeÌ eÌs membre de l’Observatori de Neologia i del grup de recerca IULATERM (LeÌ€xic i Tecnologia) de la UPF, en el marc dels quals participa en projectes de neologia, terminologia i lexicografia. Com a investigadora predoctoral ha impartit doceÌ€ncia al Departament de TraduccioÌ i InterpretacioÌ de la UPF en assignatures de terminologia i docu- mentacioÌ, i tambeÌ eÌs docent de l’Online Master Program in Terminology (Institut de LingüiÌstica Aplicada, UPF). Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2017-06-19 How to Cite Llopart-Saumell, E. (2017). The (inter)relation between the communicative function of neologisms and their formation process. Terminàlia, 2(16), 7–17. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/Terminalia/article/view/142658 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 16: December 2017 Section Articles License Authors registered on the OJS platform must read the copyright assignment terms and fill in the corresponding acceptance box.The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Terminàlia, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to SCATERM (a subsidiary of Institut d'Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Terminàlia.Authors answer to SCATERM for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.SCATERM declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
