The tripartite morphological correspondence of the type Marx-Marxist-Marxism , according to the word-based model

Authors

  • Anselmo Hernández Quiroz Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Ramón F. Zacarías Ponce de León Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Abstract

Spanish tripartite word-formation like Marx, marxismo, marxista, is analyzed by addition of two suffixes subsequently to a base. In this regard, it is considered that the suffixes-ismo and -ista are the most productive derivative suffixes in solidary relationship in Spanish. In this paper, we discuss the most important problems that morpheme-based analysis faces. We propose to explore this kind of formation with the word-based morphology perspective in order to make an relational and schematic analysis. It will be shown that our type of analysis, based on word-schemes, captures better and in an intuitive way all the linguistic dimensions interrelated in the tripartite formation of the kind Marx, marxismo, marxista.

Keywords:

Spanish word-formation, suffix -ismo, suffix -ista, word-base Morphology, tripartite word-formation, solidary relationship, polysemy