The ludic aspect of lexical inventiveness
In this paper we argue that coining new words is inherently ludic. We hypothesize that naming (the onomasiological part of the creation of words) functions as a modern form of aporia (the riddle). We propose to interpret nonce formations as the initial stage of any new word both as a temporal and as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat de València
2014-02-01
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| Series: | Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics |
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| Online Access: | https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/3281 |
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