THE FREQUENCY AND USAGE OF OVER-DERIVATIVES IN TEXTS ON COVID-19
THE FREQUENCY AND USAGE OF OVER-DERIVATIVES IN TEXTS ON COVID-19
Author(s): Božana M. Tomić, Jelena V. Šajinović NovakovićSubject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: written text on COVID-19; over-words; frequency; colligational patterns;
Summary/Abstract: Being stylistically neutral, prefix over- is used in different functional styles. Here the focus is on its usage in words appearing in written newspaper texts on COVID-19. The main goal of the paper is to examine the overall frequency of overderivatives in this type of text. The idea is to illustrate the most frequent word class of derivatives, show their meanings and to analyse morphological and colligational patterns in which and with which they occur. Derivational prefixes can change either the meaning of the word they are attached to or the word class. Taking into account the frequency and features derived words with this prefix show, we consider that this paper will give a significant contribution to further research on over-words in different types of texts.
Journal: Филолог – часопис за језик, књижевност и културу
- Issue Year: 14/2023
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 246-258
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
