Word formation peculiarities of phraseological variants in slang Cover Image

Словообразовательные особенности субстандартных фразеологических вариантов
Word formation peculiarities of phraseological variants in slang

Author(s): Julia Bulaš
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Variants; substandard; variation; word formation; phraseological units

Summary/Abstract: Word formation variants of phraseological units are characterized by the difference in word formation structure of words-components and are represented more widely in slang than in the literary (standard) language. Word formation variation in slang is characterized by a specific set of means which are not represented in word formation variation of literary language phraseological units: in slang the variation of non-synonymous prefixes takes place; there is a tendency of forming variants by means of desuffixation; most phraseological variants are marked by reflected variation and the synonymy of a motivating and motivated variants, which leads to word formation affixes desemantization.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 215-220
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Russian