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Word formation in Spanish, mainly by affixation, shows a mostly concatenative behavior in which the relationships of form and meaning are established linearly. However, there are many cases that cannot be described based on the recurrent attachment of affixes. These formations have long been identified, but they have not been studied in detail, since the type of analysis that prevails in approaches to the lexical morphology of Spanish cannot fully account for morphological relationships of this type. One of these non-concatenative correspondences is the one established between pairs of suffixes that correlate at the level of meaning but not at a formal level, such is the case of the suffixes -ismo and -ista (comunismo, comunista), probably the best-known case of this type of derivation. In this research we will analyze this type of word-formation scheme starting from the concept of solidarity, proposed by Beniers (1996). We will study four productive solidarity schemes from Mexican Spanish, all of them suffixal. In addition to the afore mentioned -ismo, -ista, we will analyze -ero, -ería; -nte, -ncia and -azo, -iza. As we will see, the solidarity scheme allows us to describe in detail the relationships that are stablished between each of these pairs of suffixes. In this paper we will first present the concept of solidarity, its background and the previous work that has been done based on this kind of analysis. Next, we will analyze each of these solidarities to establish their characteristics and constraints. Finally, we conclude that this type of analysis allows a more accurate and appropriate description of such non-concatenative word-formation schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Spanish tripartite word-formation like Marx, marxismo, marxista, is analyzed by addition of two suffixes subsequently to a base. In this regard, it is considered that the suffixes-ismo and -ista are the most productive derivative suffixes in solidary relationship in Spanish. In this paper, we discuss the most important problems that morpheme-based analysis faces. We propose to explore this kind of formation with the word-based morphology perspective in order to make an relational and schematic analysis. It will be shown that our type of analysis, based on word-schemes, captures better and in an intuitive way all the linguistic dimensions interrelated in the tripartite formation of the kind Marx, marxismo, marxista. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with verbal inflection based on concepts introduced in the word-based morphological model; in particular, the Word and Paradigm model. We propose a methodology for the analysis of verbal inflection of Spanish. For this, we take only the first conjugation of Spanish. The analysis here is based on determining the main parts that allow prediction of verbal paradigms of first conjugation. We show that from a few main parts it is possible to obtain the complete paradigm of a verbal form. We also discuss the phenomena of competition between schemas where there is a change of accent ("hablemos" and "háblemos" case) as well as the diphthongizations /o/ → /ue/ and /e/ → /ie/. This phenomenon responds to the modification of the principal part. Finally, the advantages that the word-based model presents in the inflection analysis are shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I study exocentricity and its common issues in linguistic morphology; likewise I propose a metonymic analysis as an alternative to exocentricity. Exocentricity is a contradictory concept and in its definition, structural and semantic concepts are mixed. Various types of compounds (sacacorchos, cara dura, puntapié) are considered exocentric without the criteria taken into account were clearly defined. Because of this, it has been considered a heterogeneous and even anomalous category (Benveniste, 1977; Bauer, 2008; Scalise and Guevara, 2006). Instead, this research proposes a metonymic analysis, based on the phenomenon of "reference point" (Langacker, 1999). This concept is, I argue, more explanatory and has greater cognitive relevance for speakers. In addition, a metonymic analysis classifies external relation in compound words convincingly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The morpheme-based model faces itself with troubles at describing discontinuous morphemes, as well as other ill-behaved morphemes from a structural point of view (empty, accumulative, substitutive, etc.). The analysis of the parasynthetic word-formation in Spanish results problematic because the notion of linearity is violated and the binary formation of the words is broken. In this paper, we present an analysis of the causative verbs in /enXar/ of the type embotellar, 'to bottle', through a model that establishes schematic relationships among words. Through the bidirectional scheme: [/enXar/V 'poner x'] ↔ [/X/N 'x'], (embotellar, 'to bottle') ↔ (botella, 'bottle'), that relates verbs with nominal forms, we demonstrate this analysis is more relevant from a cognitive point of view because it is more attached to the intuition of the speakers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In lexical morphology, it is very common to find word-formation patterns that rival each other because they belong to the same conceptual field. This trait is more evident in the suffixation, the more productive word-formation process in Spanish. Derivation provides a large repertoire of competing schemes due to the overlap in meaning and function within the system. For instance, competition occurs between forming-verb suffixes -ción and -miento: agrupación and agrupamiento; financiación and financiamiento; aburrición and aburrimiento; detención and detenimiento, etc. Rivalry becomes more complex if we realize that there are other competing suffixes in the system: -dura (torcedura, torcimiento); -aje (almacenamiento, almacenaje). It is commonly stated that competition is resolved in favour of the more productive pattern. However, as productivity is relative and depends on many factors, the same pattern does not always prevail. This research aims to describe the phenomenon, note the source of some of these rivalries and propose relevant parameters and factors to define and characterize this process. We argue that most of these rivalries depends on structural factors and language use factors that interact in different ways and to various degrees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]