Dubultā prefiksācija latviešu valodā
Double Prefixation in Latvian

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present tendencies of Latvian double prefixation and give some remarks on prefixes often used in it. Although prefixation is an active word-formation process in Latvian, double prefixation does not provide vast material. In double prefixaton, secondary prefixes are not prefixed initially, so the studies on double prefixation detect an active facet of word-formation and speaker’s involvedness in word-formation as linguistic activity. Since primary prefixes are mostly lexicalized, the analysis of prefixal combinations is not so important in Latvian.The prefix pār- is incomparably productive in double prefixation. It express repetition and excessiveness of action. Pār-verbs represent almost the half of all the double-prefixed verbs. The repetitive semantics of the prefix is special in that it allows prefixal reduplication (pārpārplānot ‘rereplan’). From a stylistic point of view, pār-verbs can be used both neutrally and terminologically. This article focuses also on other prefixes: perfectivizing prefix no- and diminutive pa-. Regardless of various meanings that can be brought by prefixes, the characteristic of double prefixation in Latvian is aspectual modification, but not spatial one.The article sheds light on the use of double-prefixed verbs with their metalinguistic explanation and various devices designated for that like brackets or dashes which reflect the writer’s own aim to be better understood by readers or to brighten the text stylistically, using double-prefixed verbs that are more precise and compact linguistic devices.

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