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Onomasiological and Semasiological Perspectives in Studies on Neology

Bruno Maroneze, João Henrique Lara Ganança

Linguistic Exploration · 1-11 · 10.55121/le.v1i1.188

This paper presents a theoretical and methodological model for applying the concepts of onomasiology and semasiology to studies on neology. The creation of a neologism can be seen as an onomasiological process (from concept to denomination), whereas the interpretation of a neologism may be regarded as a semasiological process (f