Studi e Saggi Linguistici

V. 62 N. 1 (2024)
Articoli

Un’analisi morfosintattica e morfosemantica dei suffissoidi dello slang inglese

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  • Elisa Mattiello
Elisa Mattiello
Università di Pisa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4454/ssl.v62i1.380

Pubblicato 2024-07-11

Parole chiave

  • English slang,
  • morphosyntactic patterns,
  • schemas,
  • suffixoids,
  • Construction Morphology
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Abstract

Questo studio indaga i suffissoidi (Sfsd) dello slang inglese, come -ass (in fat-ass), -brain (in birdbrain), -face (in shitface) e -head (in airhead), dal punto di vista morfosintattico e morfosemantico. La produttività di questi elementi morfologici e il loro carattere transizionale, che si colloca al confine tra composizione e derivazione, sono stati ampiamente dimostrati. In questo studio, l’attenzione è rivolta ai due modelli morfosintattici privilegiati che creano nomi denominali e deaggettivali, ovvero [[X]N [Sfsd]N]N e [[X]A [Sfxd]N]N, e alla loro interpretazione letterale o figurata. Un’analisi qualitativa di un dataset estratto dal Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) e dal Green’s Dictionary of Slang (2023) mostra la natura metonimica generale dei suffissoidi, che si riferiscono a individui, trasmettendo quindi il sema [umano] facendo riferimento a una parte del corpo con un intento negativo [peggiorativo]. L’analisi mira a individuare schemi regolari per esaminare e comprendere i sostantivi inglesi che presentano un suffissoide, nonché per la previsione di nuove parole con gli stessi elementi morfologici.

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