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233 months ago

gisele (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Portuguese
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	backformation
Context:	a type of process for formatio
Keywords:	-

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233 months ago

wrote:

derivação regressiva

My comment:

back-formation: A new word created by removing an affix from an already existing word, as vacuum clean from vacuum cleaner, or by removing what is mistakenly thought to be an affix, as pea from the earlier English plural pease.
Derivação regressiva: derivação regressiva existe quando morfemas da palavra primitiva desaparecem. Ex.: mengo (flamengo), dança (dançar), portuga (português).

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233 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro wrote:

De completo acordo. Para ver mais, consultar http://ciberduvidas.sapo.pt/php/resposta.php?id=15277

233 months ago

wrote:

derivação regressiva ou deverbal

My comment:

Veja o que significa "backformation":

Backformation: A suffix identifiable from other words is cut off of a base which has previously not been a word; that base then is used as a root, and becomes a word through widespread use. Examples: pronunciate (< pronunciation < pronounce), resurrect (< resurrection), enthuse (< enthusiasm), self-destruct (< self-destruction < destroy), burgle (< burglar), attrit (< attrition), burger (< hamburger).

Compare com o que se denomina derivação regressiva ou deverbal - redução da palavra primitiva (frangão > frango gajão > gajo, rosmaninho > rosmano, sarampão > sarampo, delegado >delega, flagrante > flagra, comunista>comuna). Cria substantivos, que denotam ação, derivados de verbos, daí ser chamado também derivação deverbal (amparo, choro, vôo, corte, destaque, conserva, fala, pesca, visita, denúncia etc.).

My references:

http://www.graudez.com.br/portugues/ch03s01s04.html

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba/morph/morph.over.html

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