Consideraciones sobre la formación de palabras en español

Abstract

When analysing word formation processes, it should be born in mind that they are one of the central aspects of the energeia or potentiality of language. For this reason, corpus-based analyses are needed to reach conclusive results. The detailed observation of the empirical data leads to the concept of a gradient or cline of word formation processes more than to clear-cut categories. Thus, affixational and compositional neological processes should be thought of as part of a continuum rather than separate entities.