Metapragmatic neology in digital discourse: Solid groundwork for Morphopragmatics and Construction Morphology

Marqueta, Bárbara (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This note addresses the topic of Judith Bridges’s focus article, namely -splain neologisms such as mansplain, thinsplain and covidsplain, from the perspective of morphological theory. I attempt to show that Morphopragmatics, a subfield of morphology, can account for the complex pragmatics of word formation processes like those in -splain neology. I propose that the analysis of -splain words as constructional idioms, under the framework of Construction Morphology, provides a suitable account of the pragmatic effects associated with the innovations in this lexical pattern.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.31885/lud.6.1.255

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Languages under discussion 6, 1 (2021), 38-42
ISSN: 2329-583X

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Lengua Española (Dpto. Lingüíst.y Liter.Hispán.)