LA NÉOLOGIE ET SES MÉCANISMES DE CRÉATION LEXICALE*
Neology and its mechanisms of lexical formation

Summary/Abstract: Lexical neology designates both the inventory of newly created words and their devices of formation by internal means (derivation, compounding, adding new senses) and external ones (borrowings and calques). From this perspective, the paper aims at presenting a general classification of the various devices, insisting mostly on borrowings, considered a very productive device in the field of lexical creativity. At the same time, the paper also underlines the relation established between the mechanisms of neologic creativity and the two sub-classes of words: neologisms and neonyms.

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