Rodríguez González, Félix
Las siglas como procedimento lexicogenésico
RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, Félix. “Las siglas como procedimento lexicogenésico”. ELUA. Estudios de Lingüística. N. 9 (1993). ISSN 0212-7636, pp. 9-24
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/6463
DOI: 10.14198/ELUA1993.9.01
ISSN: 0212-7636
Abstract: 
The aim of this article is to underline the role acronyms play as a modern and
productive word-formation method in contemporary Spanish. Two major aspects
are broadly analysed. First, the process of siglación or acronymy, by which initials
may become acronyms and be fully lexicalized. In this respect, the study proposes
for Spanish such terms as abreviatura, literación and acrónimo to define the
morpho-phonological, graphemic and semantic stages of this process which are
taken as a reflection of the gradual lexicalization of the acronymic lexeme.
Second, particular mention is made of two word-making devices -compounding
(and blending) and derivation— which are the best proof of the vitality and the
degree of penetration of this linguistic phenomenon.
Keywords:Acrónimos, Siglas, Abreviaturas, Lexicología, Formación de palabras, Composición, Derivación, Lengua española
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Española, Lingüística General y Teoría de la Literatura
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