SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ETYMOLOGICAL DOUBLETS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ETYMOLOGICAL DOUBLETS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
Author(s): Alexandra Burghelea-ArabuSubject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: linguistics; etymological doublets; semantic diachronic analysis; loanwords; patrimonial words;
Summary/Abstract: Under the denomination of doublets, from the linguistic point of view, we understood any pair of linguistic elements that come from the same etymon, but have a different semantic and phonetic evolution. From the theoretical point of view, an etymological doublet is formed, on the one hand, by a popular or patrimonial word and, on the other hand, by a cultural loan also called cultism. Our main purpose is to analyze the most important semantic changes that double pairs present –we identify a number of ten Spanish doublets-, starting from 1780 to 2001. In the Spanish language there are few studies dedicated to this topic, so our investigation is based from a diachronic point of view.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 543-550
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Spanish