Aspectos de la lexicogénesis a la luz de la lingüística cognitiva. El caso de las formas femeninas derivadas de los sustantivos personales masculinos
Aspects of word formation in the light of cognitive linguistics. The cases of feminine nouns derived from personal masculine nouns

Summary/Abstract: The present article demonstrates the importance of cognitive linguistics when analyzing feminine nouns created from the projection of masculine traits on their feminine counterpart. In a phenomenon analogous to metonymy, the purpose of this article is to interpret new lexical forms achieved through the inflectional morphology as a pragmatic alternative to the derivative morphology.

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