Emīlija Soida‘s word formation / inflection principles from the perspective of general linguistics Cover Image

Emīlijas Soidas vārddarināšanas / formveidošanas principi vispārīgās valodniecības aspektā
Emīlija Soida‘s word formation / inflection principles from the perspective of general linguistics

Author(s): Andra Kalnača
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Lexis, Baltic Languages
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Akadēmiskais apgāds
Keywords: vārddarināšana; formveidošana; vārddarināšanas celms; formveidošanas celms; vārddarināšanas un formveidošanas paņēmieni un līdzekļi

Summary/Abstract: Emīlija Soida is one of the founders of the synchronic and systemic description of Latvian morphology and word-formation. The description of Latvian grammar made by Soida is characterised by high level of generalization, thus allowing her to treat the material of Latvian grammar in the context of typological and general linguistics. The symmetric typology of word-formation / inflection patterns and means established by Soida is especially innovative. In word-formation and inflection Soida postulates morphological, syntactic and semantic patterns. Every pattern is based on specific language elements – affixation in the morphological pattern, syntactic relations and context in the syntactic pattern, and contextual or paradigmatic usage of lexemes in the semantic pattern.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 17-25
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Latvian