<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study deals with lexical reduplication which has the status of a peripheral, yet legitimate way of how vocabulary is enlarged in the Slovak language. Its result is a reduplicate, a paradigmatically formed unit which – as a whole – is a reflection of its part. Reduplication (in a wider sense) is defined by a semasiological aspect, particularly in the context of structural isomorphism and distinguishing of a reproductive, replicative and reduplicative type (in a narrow sense) with the use of integrative and integrative-modificatory onomasiological categories. The core of the reduplicates is formed by a determinative type of appositional names. Reduplication is a rich source of mimémata and pragma-lexemes. Reduplicates bring a new quality into the lexicon, the quality with specific semantics and pragmatics which oscillates around the pragmatic principle of relevance and amplification. Ethno-significative model ‘X-neX’ is typical for the Slovak language; and the presence of vocalic and echo reduplicates points at the conceptual unification which is of a more universal nature.</p></abstract>

The study deals with lexical reduplication which has the status of a peripheral, yet legitimate way of how vocabulary is enlarged in the Slovak language. Its result is a reduplicate, a paradigmatically formed unit which – as a whole – is a reflection of its part. Reduplication (in a wider sense) is defined by a semasiological aspect, particularly in the context of structural isomorphism and distinguishing of a reproductive, replicative and reduplicative type (in a narrow sense) with the use of integrative and integrative-modificatory onomasiological categories. The core of the reduplicates is formed by a determinative type of appositional names. Reduplication is a rich source of mimémata and pragma-lexemes. Reduplicates bring a new quality into the lexicon, the quality with specific semantics and pragmatics which oscillates around the pragmatic principle of relevance and amplification. Ethno-significative model ‘X-neX’ is typical for the Slovak language; and the presence of vocalic and echo reduplicates points at the conceptual unification which is of a more universal nature.

Lexical Reduplication and Slovak Language

Univerzity Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The study deals with lexical reduplication which has the status of a peripheral, yet legitimate way of how vocabulary is enlarged in the Slovak language. Its...

Lexical Reduplication and Slovak Language

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 247 - 271

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0011

Keywords
reduplication, Slovak language, semasiology, onomasiology, pragma-lexeme

© 2016 Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Lexical Reduplication and Slovak Language

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 247 - 271

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0011

Keywordsreduplication, Slovak language, semasiology, onomasiology, pragma-lexeme

© 2016 Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
reduplication, Slovak language, semasiology, onomasiology, pragma-lexeme