Neological intuition in French: A study of formal novelty and lexical regularity as predictors

Lombard, Alizée; Huyghe, Richard; Gygax, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103055

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“…this case, the appearance of a term in general language is thought to be similar to the appearance of a new lexical unit in a language. In particular, it is argued that both a new lexical unit and a term recently integrated in general language create a comparable sense of novelty, or as it is sometimes called, neological intuition (Lombard et al, 2021), or sentiment néologique in French (Gardin et al, 1974).…”

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“…Figures of speech are productive semantic processes, whether the neologisms are created from terms that have migrated into general language or from other lexical units (e.g. Sablayrolles, 2011;Renouf, 2012;Lombard et al, 2021). For instance, Sablayrolles (2011) proposes a detailed classification of semantic processes based on figures of speech, which not only includes metaphor and metonymy but also paradox, understatement or even antonomasia.…”

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“…Sablayrolles, 2012;Renouf, 2014;Cartier, 2016;Gérard et al, 2016;Torres Rivera, 2019;Drouin, 2021), neological intuition or neological perception of new lexical units (e.g. Vega Moreno and Llopart-Saumell, 2017;Bernal et al, 2020;Lombard et al, 2021;Sánchez Ibáñez and Maroto, 2021), classification of neologisms and neological processes (Sablayrolles, 2011;Renouf, 2012;Reutenauer, 2012b;Díaz Hormigo, 2020;Cabré et al, 2021). However, neologisms created from terms are not always described in these classifications.…”

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“…However, neologisms created from terms are not always described in these classifications. In most cases, they are considered from the perspective of semantic neology, as lexical units that acquire a new, often metaphorical meaning (Reutenauer, 2012b;Sablayrolles, 2018;Lombard et al, 2021), and their terminological status is rarely taken into account.…”

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When Terms Become Neologisms: A Contribution to the Study of Neology from the Perspective of Determinologisation

Humbert-Droz

2023

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This paper deals with the issues of determinologisation and neology. Even though many existing studies focus on the description of the many aspects of neology, few studies address the relation between determinologisation and neology. For this reason, this paper proposes a different perspective on neological processes, based on an analysis of terms in a corpus that represents different stages of the determinologisation process in particle physics, in French. First, the main semantic phenomena occurring in the determinologisation process are described; then, the terms that acquire new metaphorical meanings in general press are discussed in more detail. Results show that a finer description of the semantic phenomena at stake can lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms allowing for the creation of neologisms in general language.

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Section: Terms As Semantic Neologisms In General Languagementioning

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When Terms Become Neologisms: A Contribution to the Study of Neology from the Perspective of Determinologisation

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2023

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“…O campo da neologia é caracterizado por uma ampla gama de estudos que se concentram em seus inúmeros aspectos, como detecção automática de neologismos (por exemplo, Sablayrolles, 2012;Renouf, 2014;Cartier, 2016;Gérard et al, 2016;Torres Rivera, 2019;Drouin, 2021), intuição neológica ou percepção neológica de novas unidades lexicais (por exemplo, Vega Moreno e Llopart-Saumell, 2017 ;Bernal et al, 2020;Lombard et al, 2021;Sánchez Ibáñez e Maroto, 2021), classificação de neologismos e processos neológicos (Sablayrolles, 2011;Renouf, 2012;Reutenauer, 2012b;Díaz Hormigo, 2020;Cabré et al, 2021). No entanto, os neologismos criados a partir de termos nem sempre são descritos nessas classificações.…”

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Quando os termos se tornam neologismos: uma contribuição ao estudo da neologia sob a perspectiva da desterminologização

Humbert-Droz,

Curti-Contessoto

2023

RE-UNIR

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Resumo: Este artigo trata de questões de desterminologização e neologia. Embora muitos estudos existentes se concentrem na descrição dos vários aspectos da neologia, poucos estudos abordam a relação entre desterminologização e neologia. Por esse motivo, este artigo propõe uma perspectiva diferente sobre os processos neológicos, com base em uma análise de termos em um corpus que representa diferentes estágios do processo de desterminologização na Física de Partículas em francês. Primeiro, são descritos os principais fenômenos semânticos que ocorrem no processo de desterminologização; depois, os termos que adquirem novos significados metafóricos na imprensa geral são discutidos em mais detalhes. Os resultados mostram que uma descrição mais detalhada dos fenômenos semânticos em jogo pode levar a uma melhor compreensão dos mecanismos que permitem a criação de neologismos na língua geral.

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The ambiguous nature of complex semantic types: an experimental investigation

Huyghe,

Barque,

Delafontaine

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Lang. cogn.

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Words with complex semantic types such as book are characterised by a multiplicity of interpretations that are not mutually exclusive (e.g., as a physical object and/or informational content). Their status with respect to lexical ambiguity is notoriously unclear, and it is debatable whether complex types are a particular form of polysemy (closely related to metonymy) or whether they belong to monosemy. In this study, we investigate the nature of complex types by conducting two experiments on ambiguous nouns in French. The first experiment collects speakers’ judgements about the sameness of meaning between different uses of complex-type, metonymic and monosemous words. The second experiment uses a priming paradigm and a sensicality task to investigate the online processing of complex-type words, as opposed to metonymic and monosemous words. Overall results indicate that, on a continuum of lexical ambiguity, complex types are closer to monosemy than to metonymy. The different interpretations of complex-type words are highly connected and fall under the same meaning, arguably in relation to a unique reference. These results suggest that complex types are associated with single underspecified entries in the mental lexicon. Moreover, they highlight the need for a model of lexical representations of ambiguous words that can account for the difference between complex types and metonymy.

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Neological intuition in French: A study of formal novelty and lexical regularity as predictors

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

When Terms Become Neologisms: A Contribution to the Study of Neology from the Perspective of Determinologisation

When Terms Become Neologisms: A Contribution to the Study of Neology from the Perspective of Determinologisation

Quando os termos se tornam neologismos: uma contribuição ao estudo da neologia sob a perspectiva da desterminologização

The ambiguous nature of complex semantic types: an experimental investigation

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