Švédské derivační sufixy -is a -o jako dva slangové slovotvorné procesy v současném jazyce na sociálních sítích: korpusová studie
The derivational suffixes -is and -o in present-day Swedish as two word-formation processes of slang in language on social media: corpus study
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Štěříková, Hana
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Arts
Discipline
English Language and Linguistics - Scandinavian Studies
Department
Institute of Germanic Studies
Date of defense
8. 6. 2022
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaLanguage
Czech
Grade
Very good
Keywords (Czech)
slovotvorba|derivace|abreviace|slova odvozená|slova zkrácená|derivačně zkrácená slova|sufix -is|sufix -o|hovorový jazyk|slang|sociální sítě|korpusová studieKeywords (English)
word formation|derivation|abbreviation|complex words|clippings|embellished clippings|suffix -is|suffix -o|colloquial language|slang|social media|corpus-based studyThe thesis is focussed on Swedish derivational suffixes -is and -o used in col- loquial Swedish or slang to coin embellished clippings or complex words. The aim of the thesis is to provide comparison of the suffixes in terms of the way new words are coined, what part of speech the words can be classified as and in terms of their meaning. The comparison helps to determine whether or not we are dealing with suffixes in competition. With respect to the way new words are coined with the suffixes, it was nec- essary to delineate some of the Swedish productive word-formation processes. The delineation of the productive processes in Swedish made possible to define the way new words with the suffixes -is and -o are coined. Newly coined words are usually marked by some degree of familiarity and often are perceived as creative neologisms by native speakers. Most words with these suffixes are randomly formed and as such are not used for a long period of time. For those reasons the suffixes are most productive in informal styles such as colloquial language or slang. The data sample is extracted from the texts on social media included in the Swedish corpus, where higher frequency of occurrence was expected. The analysis proved that the Swedish suffixes -is and -o are alike in terms of word-formation processes...