A Study of the Series Neologisms and the H-Type Word Formation

Abstract

This study aims at comparing and contrasting the word formation of the burger series, the collar series, and the candy series neologisms and exploring the possibility to give a unified explanation within the “extended” notion of the H-type word formation. Cho (2019) suggests that H-type word formation should be recognized as a new way of word formation because there are differences in meaning between the parent word and the off-spring series. Employing Cho (2019), this study reveals that the collar series and the candy series have a parent word, which behaves similarly to the parent word in the burger series. This study argues that the series neologisms can belong to the H-type word formation if the notion of the H-type word formation is extended to include this condition: the parent word must be produced and ready to serve as a basis for potential series production, whether the parent word is made by blending or compounding. Therefore, the segmented element of the parent word can be treated as a “remnant.” This study provides an integrated explanation of these types of word formations. (Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)