Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian
This paper contributes to the research on the morphological expression of approximation by analysing the discontinuous reduplication pattern N-non-N in Italian, giving rise to complex nominals (e.g. sapone non sapone lit. soap neg soap ‘non-soap/soap-free cleanser’). The analysis is based on a datas...
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| description | This paper contributes to the research on the morphological expression of approximation by analysing the discontinuous reduplication pattern N-non-N in Italian, giving rise to complex nominals (e.g. sapone non sapone lit. soap neg soap ‘non-soap/soap-free cleanser’). The analysis is based on a dataset of 4609 tokens and 692 types extracted from corpora and annotated for orthographical, phonological and categorical parameters. Given its unpredictable formal and semantic properties, N-non-N is analysed as a semi-schematic and productive construction, which is hypothesized to have emerged microdiachronically from the entrenchment and reanalysis of the expression tessuto non tessuto ‘nonwoven fabric’. We claim that the N-non-N construction bears a general function of ‘non-prototypicality’ and produces expressions with complex and specific meanings that are generated in context, by deviating from the ‘prototypical’ N concept in various ways. Despite its productivity, very few N-non-N expressions are conventionalised, making this device similar to other approximative strategies and to evaluative morphology in general. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45408debaeaa4d2e9d1ec644b2d668f42025-08-20T03:21:01ZdeuUniversitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am MainZeitschrift für Wortbildung2367-38772023-04-0171130155https://doi.org/10.21248/zwjw.2023.1.94Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in ItalianFrancesca Masini0Jacopo Di Donato1Alma Mater Studiorum – University of BolognaAlma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna AlumnusThis paper contributes to the research on the morphological expression of approximation by analysing the discontinuous reduplication pattern N-non-N in Italian, giving rise to complex nominals (e.g. sapone non sapone lit. soap neg soap ‘non-soap/soap-free cleanser’). The analysis is based on a dataset of 4609 tokens and 692 types extracted from corpora and annotated for orthographical, phonological and categorical parameters. Given its unpredictable formal and semantic properties, N-non-N is analysed as a semi-schematic and productive construction, which is hypothesized to have emerged microdiachronically from the entrenchment and reanalysis of the expression tessuto non tessuto ‘nonwoven fabric’. We claim that the N-non-N construction bears a general function of ‘non-prototypicality’ and produces expressions with complex and specific meanings that are generated in context, by deviating from the ‘prototypical’ N concept in various ways. Despite its productivity, very few N-non-N expressions are conventionalised, making this device similar to other approximative strategies and to evaluative morphology in general.evaluative morphologyapproximationnon-prototypicalitydiscontinous reduplicationnegationconstruction morphologyitalian |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Masini Jacopo Di Donato Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian Zeitschrift für Wortbildung evaluative morphology approximation non-prototypicality discontinous reduplication negation construction morphology italian |
| title | Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian |
| title_full | Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian |
| title_fullStr | Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian |
| title_short | Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: The N-non-N construction in Italian |
| title_sort | non prototypicality by discontinuous reduplication the n non n construction in italian |
| topic | evaluative morphology approximation non-prototypicality discontinous reduplication negation construction morphology italian |
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