Word formation by analogy: diachronic explanations for nicknames applied to Brazilian football soccer stadiums
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https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v11i2.5482Keywords:
morphology, analogy, soccer stadiums, nicknames, “Mineirão”Abstract
This paper proposes an analogy in order to explain the high rate of use the of the morpheme [–ão] in nicknames given to Brazilian stadiums: 55.5% of them end with this mark [–ão]. What we propose is that the inauguration of the stadium nowadays called "Mineirão" started the use of the morphological informationwith the specific purpose of dubbing football stadiums in the national vernacular. Even if we consider that there are some inaccuracies in its empirical argument, we still argue that the explanation by analogy is more appropriate than the assumption of the existence of autonomous word formation rules.
KEYWORDS: morphology, analogy, football soccer stadiums, nicknames, “Mineirão”.
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