The Loanword morpheme ”-CON” in Japanese
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臺大日本語文研究, 33, 127-148
Journal
臺大日本語文研究
Journal Issue
33
Pages
127-148
Date Issued
2017-06
Date
2017-06
Author(s)
Abstract
Many of the rear constituents of abbreviation compound words in Japanese are the loanword morpheme”-CON”, such as “EAKON”,” PASOKON”, “MAZAKON”, “MISUKON” and so on. However, all of the abbreviation compound words with rear constituent”-CON” mentioned above actually don’t mean the same. They are homophones.
The study will clarify the meaning of the compound abbreviation “-CON” which is the rear constituent from the semantic order first. Then, investigating the essence of Japanese morpheme “-CON” from the viewpoint of the word formation rules, word formation ability, the rule of abbreviation and the collocations to discuss the feature of the word formation of”-CON” being the Japanese morpheme.
The study confirmed that there are 34 original bases of the homonym of”-CON”, including” KONSATO”,” KONPYUTA” and” KONPA”. In addition, according to the feature of the word formation of”-CON”, we could sort out that the most classical word formation pattern which includes abbreviation rear constituent”-CON” is (abbreviations by omitting part of the front and rear constituents) [loanword morpheme with two syllables+ CON].
And last, analyze the essence of”-CON” and discuss its position being a part of the abbreviation of bound morpheme through the comparative analysis of “Unsemantic Morpheme” and the loanword abbreviation base” ROKE” and” REJI” by Miyajima (1972).
Subjects
外來語詞素
複合縮略詞
拘束詞根
同音異義
構詞
loanword morpheme
compound abbreviation
bound morpheme
homophones
word formation
Type
journal article
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