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A morphophonological approach to clipping
Lexis Special 1 : « Lexicology & Phonology / Lexicologie et phonologie »

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A morphophonological approach to clipping in English
Can the study of clipping be formalized?1
Denis Jamet2
Abstract
In this paper, I will endeavor to define clipping, and see if there are any semantic differences between the multiplicity of terms: “shortening”, “clipping”, “truncations”, etc. I will examine the semantic role of clipping, and try to answer the following question: is clipping a wordformation device? I will mainly focus on the consequences and phonological realizations of clipping in English to show that the phonological regularities in the formation of clipping make it a potential word-formation device, by shedding new light on the tendencies formalizing the study of clipping.

Key-words: clipping – truncation – clipping – phonology – lexicology – morphophonological realizations – linguistics
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Résumé
Dans cet article, je reviens tout d’abord sur la définition de ce que l’on appelle troncation en français, mais shortening, clipping, truncation en anglais, afin de voir s’il y a des différences sémantiques entre les divers termes. J’examinerai le rôle sémantique de la troncation, puis tenterai de répondre à la question suivante : la troncation est-elle un procédé de création lexicale ? Principalement, je me pencherai sur les conséquences et les réalisations phonologiques de la troncation, en mettant au jour les tendances qui permettent de formaliser l’étude de la troncation, afin de montrer que les régularités phonologiques des formes tronquées font de la troncation un parfait candidat pour être un procédé de création lexicale.

Mots-clés : troncation – phonologie – lexicologie – réalisations morphophonologiques – linguistique 1

Many thanks to Lucile Bordet and Manuel Jobert for the “phonological” help, and to Natalie Mandon-Hunter for proofreading the paper.
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Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3. Centre d’Etudes Linguistiques – EA1663:

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