Name-based derivatives suffixed with -izm /-yzm in the current political discourse in Poland
Name-based derivatives suffixed with -izm /-yzm in the current political discourse in Poland
Author(s): Iwona Góralczyk, Joanna PaszendaSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: political discourse; the Polish suffix -izm/-yzm; proper names; occasionalism; analysability; cognitive motivation
Summary/Abstract: The present study offers a cognitive linguistic account of selected recent derivatives in-izm/-yzm, such as jakizm, cejrowskizm, erdoganizm and petruizm(y)pl. Over a hundredcomplex nouns of this type, employing a politician’s or a public figure’s name as the derivationalbase, have been culled from online written sources. The coinages under analysisare mostly occasionalisms that are currently used in informal and semi-formal politicaldiscourse in Poland. Both their morpho-syntactic and semanto-pragmatic properties areexamined. The focus is placed on metonymies and metaphors that motivate the constructionof their meaning and enhance their semantic analysability.
Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
- Issue Year: 22/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 21-40
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English