The prefix 'hiper-' in Brazilian Portuguese journalistic texts

Authors

  • Ieda Maria Alves USP/CNPq

Keywords:

neologisms, prefixation, meaning, media.

Abstract

In the present work we present morphological, semantic and textual features of neologisms prefixed with hiper-, analyzed in journalistic corpora from different periods: IstoÉ and Veja magazines, studied from January 1986 to December 1990 and data recorded in the Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese Neologism Database, TermNeo project, which presents neologisms collected from a journalistic corpus since January 1993. This prefix, which initially formed terms of specialized languages , began to be used in non-specialized contexts, forming mainly nominal derivation and no longer performing a ‘position’ function, but a ‘excess’ function.

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Author Biography

Ieda Maria Alves, USP/CNPq

Pós-doutorada pela Université Paris 3 (Nancy e CTN-Paris), Université Laval (Québec) e Université Paris 7; doutora em linguística pela Université Paris 3 (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris); livre-docente pela Universidade de São Paulo e professora titular de Filologia e Língua Portuguesa da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. Foi coordenadora do Grupo de Trabalho Lexicologia, Lexicografia e Terminologia da ANPOLL e presidente do Comitê da Rede Ibero-Americana de Terminologia (RITerm). Atua nos estudos do Léxico, especialmente em Neologia, Terminologia e Lexicografia.

Published

2011-06-19

How to Cite

ALVES, Ieda Maria. The prefix ’hiper-’ in Brazilian Portuguese journalistic texts. MATRAGA - Journal published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, v. 18, n. 28, 2011. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/26079. Acesso em: 25 may. 2025.

Issue

Section

Linguistic Papers