AUC PHILOLOGICA
AUC PHILOLOGICA

AUC Philologica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica) is an academic journal published by Charles University. It publishes scholarly articles in a large number of disciplines (English, German, Greek and Latin, Oriental, Romance and Slavonic studies, as well as in phonetics and translation studies), both on linguistic and on literary and cultural topics. Apart from articles it publishes reviews of new academic books or special issues of academic journals.

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AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2013 No 2 (2013), 179–188

Algunas consideraciones sobre los elementos prefijales gentilicios en español

[Some Notes on Spanish Prefixal Elements Denoting Origin and Nationality]

Petr Stehlík

published online: 29. 12. 2014

abstract

In this paper, we examine the status, characteristics and uses of the prefixal elements relating to origin and nationality in Spanish. Their inventory in Spanish monolingual dictionaries is generally very incomplete and there are many inconsistencies in the classification of these forms: some are listed only as adjectives (used sometimes as nouns), while others are classified also as compounding elements or prefixes. Our opinion is that certain bound forms relating to origin and nationality do not differ in their structure and functions from the so-called prefixoids or neoclassical stems. Because of their adjectival origin and uses, some elements (primarily the very productive morpheme euro-) could theoretically be included in the inventory of standard prefixes; a solution that is facilitated also by the existence of the group of adjectival prefixes in the GDLE (1999) and the NGRAE (2009).

keywords: adjectives of origin/nationality; prefixal forms; status; inventory; functions gentilicios; formas prefijales; estatuto; inventario; funciones

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ISSN: 0567-8269
E-ISSN: 2464-6830

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