Remotivation, conceived as a combination of semantic re-interpretation and formal re-segmentation, does not only affect appellative signs, but also proper names. First, remotivation processes are contrasted with demotivation processes (de-semantization and de-segmentation) and it is argued against the claim of uni-directionality. Then, four types of remotivation of proper names are elaborated: the sign-based semantic strategies of (1) reanalysis (of words [folk etymology], of clitics, and of affixes) and (2) pleonastic/tautologic doubling (of morphemes); furthermore the usage-based pragmatic strategies of (3) re-contextualization (of context-independent signs) and (4) re-locution (of illocutively meant signs). These processes turn out to be high-grade contingent in the way which linguistic material the speakers/hearers grasp to do their remotivation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:31778 |
| Date | 25 September 2018 |
| Creators | Harnisch, Rüdiger |
| Publisher | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namenforschung |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 0943-0849, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-316937, qucosa:31693 |
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