The Productivity of cyber and hyper in the French Internet Lexicon

Neologisms with the Greek confix cyber & suffix hyper attested in online French dictionaries of computer sciences & glossaries published in issues 53 (1997), 54 (1997), 56 (1998), & 58 (1999) of La Banque des mots (Word Bank), a journal of the Conseil International de la Langue Francaise...

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Published in:La Linguistique (Paris. 1965) 2001-01, Vol.37 (2), p.71-86
Main Author: Raus, Rachele
Format: Article
Language:fre
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Summary:Neologisms with the Greek confix cyber & suffix hyper attested in online French dictionaries of computer sciences & glossaries published in issues 53 (1997), 54 (1997), 56 (1998), & 58 (1999) of La Banque des mots (Word Bank), a journal of the Conseil International de la Langue Francaise (International Counsel of the French Language), are analyzed using Andre Martinet's concept of syntheme, introduced in Elements de linguistique generale ([Elements of General Linguistics] 1960). It is concluded that products & uses of computer technology revitalized word formations with cyber & hyper, & most of these neologisms in French are calqued from English. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:0075-966X