PREFFIXATION: COMPOUNDING OR DERIVATION? RETHINKING AND OLD CONTROVERSY

Authors

  • Carlos Alexandre Gonçalves UFRJ/CNPq

Keywords:

Morphology, Compounding, Derivation, Continuum.

Abstract

In this paper, we rethink an old controversy involving the preffixation in Portuguese: if this process aligns the suffixation and, therefore, differs from the compounding, or is affiliated to the compounding, distinguishing itself from suffixation. In the paper, we show that the preffixation is not uniform and, therefore, is far from being considered globally compounding or derivation. We believe, following Nunes (2009: 291), “that the individuality of the prefixes forces us to consider this process heterogeneous and we believe the different behavior of each prefix allows the classification of the process as derivation or compounding”. This vagueness indicates that a categorization based on prototypes is more appropriate for the description of word formation in Portuguese.

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Author Biography

Carlos Alexandre Gonçalves, UFRJ/CNPq

Professor Associado III da Faculdade de Letras da UFRJ, instituição onde se doutorou em 1997 e onde atua desde 1994. Desde 1998, integra o Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras Vernáculas. Possui pós-doutoramento, subvencionado pelo CNPq, em interface morfologia-fonologia (UNICAMP, 2001). É pesquisador da área de Linguística, com ênfase em morfologia e fonologia do português. Publicou Iniciação aos estudos morfológicos: flexão e derivação em português (Contexto, 2011), Introdução à morfologia não-linear (Publit, 2009) e Otimalidade em foco: morfologia e fonologia do português (Ed. Publit, 2009), além de diversos capítulos de livros e artigos científicos tanto no Brasil quanto no exterior. É coordenador do NEMP (Núcleo de Estudos Morfossemânticos do Português), ao lado de Maria Lúcia Leitão de Almeida. É bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq desde 2000, vem orientando dissertações de mestrado, teses de doutorado e trabalhos de iniciação científica.

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Published

2012-06-19

How to Cite

GONÇALVES, Carlos Alexandre. PREFFIXATION: COMPOUNDING OR DERIVATION? RETHINKING AND OLD CONTROVERSY. MATRAGA - Journal published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, v. 19, n. 30, 2012. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/22625. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 30 (2012): Language and its Teaching - questions and opportunities for dialogue

Section

Linguistic Papers

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