WORD-FORMATION STRATEGIES OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE (FRENCH) SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH: A COGNITIVE ONOMASIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF FORMAL ECONOMY AND SEMANTIC TRANSPARENCY IN WORD-FORMATION
Keywords:
word-formation strategies, native and non-native speakers, Cogniitive Onomasiological Theory, onomasiological types, transparency of meaning, economy of expressionAbstract
The paper examines preferred word-formation strategies of native and non-native speakers of English from an onomasiological perspective. The strategies are examined within a Cognitive Onomasiological Theory of Word-formation, by means of the so-called Onomasiological Types that serve as tools for classifying the created naming units according to different degrees of transparency of meaning and economy of expression. What was expected is demonstrated in the measurable stronger preferences of the non-native speakers towards transparency of meaning rather than towards economy of expression.
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