Los prefijos intensivos del español: caracterización morfo-semántica
Author
Martin Garcia, JosefaEntity
UAM. Departamento de Filología EspañolaDate
1998-01-01Citation
10.14198/ELUA1998.12.07
Estudios de Lingüística. Universidad de Alicante 12 (1998): 103-116
ISSN
0212-7636DOI
10.14198/ELUA1998.12.07Project
Gobierno de España. PB93-0546-C04-03Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.14198/ELUA1998.12.07Subjects
Semántica; FilologíaRights
© 1998 Josefa Martín GarcíaAbstract
In this paper, we take into account the meaning Spanish intensivo prefixes provide for derived items, the restrictions that operate in this derivative process as well as the morphological characterization of these elements in Spanish prefix system. We consider prefixes such as ARCHI-, HIPER-, INFRA-, MACRO-, MEGA-, MICRO-, RE-, SEMI-, SOBRE-, SUB-, SUPER-, SUPRA-, and ULTRA-. As far as the meaning of complex words is concerned, intensive prefixes convoy a connotative sense, that can indicate a positive intensity or a negative one. In the first case, the intensification involves two degrees: superlative and augmentative. In the other case, it implies a diminishing sense. In relation to morphological characterization, intensive prefixes are considered as adverbial prefixes, projected syntactically as adjuncts to a base and they are the most external prefixes in morphological structures.
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