Scholarlink

<p>Expressive morphology, on the one hand, has been analyzed in Linguistics since the eighties. It has been analyzed as different from ordinary morphology. Slurs, on the other hand, have been studied since the beginning of the 21st century. They have been studied in relation to their pejorative content and their descriptive content. Their interaction has to be analyzed. This paper deals with slur formation in Rioplatense Spanish, which has not yet been studied. Specifically, it deals with how the expressive suffix<i>-ito</i> can form new slurs, such as <i>cieguito</i> (‘blind.DIM.MASC’) and how the expressive suffix is attached to already formed slurs, such as <i>putito</i> (‘faggot.DIM.MASC’). It defends that there should be two<i>-ito</i> suffixes: a mixed one which involves size or degrees, and a pure one that allows us to form new slurs and intensify old ones.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Slurs with -ito in Rioplatense Spanish

  • 期刊论文

  • 发表日期：

    2025年4月18日

查看全文
  • Ana Clara Polakof

摘要

Expressive morphology, on the one hand, has been analyzed in Linguistics since the eighties. It has been analyzed as different from ordinary morphology. Slurs, on the other hand, have been studied since the beginning of the 21st century. They have been studied in relation to their pejorative content and their descriptive content. Their interaction has to be analyzed. This paper deals with slur formation in Rioplatense Spanish, which has not yet been studied. Specifically, it deals with how the expressive suffix-ito can form new slurs, such as cieguito (‘blind.DIM.MASC’) and how the expressive suffix is attached to already formed slurs, such as putito (‘faggot.DIM.MASC’). It defends that there should be two-ito suffixes: a mixed one which involves size or degrees, and a pure one that allows us to form new slurs and intensify old ones.