On the (beyond) word-formation nature of valuation. An attempt to analyze negatively evaluative neological derivatives — based on Polish neologisms’ dictionary of the Language Observatory of the University of Warsaw

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to analyze derivatives which carry negative values and are recorded in Polish neologisms’ dictionary of the Language Observatory of the University of Warsaw. The author points out the difficulties related to the closure of the set of derivatives analyzed (the problem of defining the boundaries of simple derivative class and evaluative unit class) and the interpretation of individual derivatives and their groups. They analyze the set in quantitative terms (such as parts of speech represented by derivatives, derivational techniques, affixes, semantic types of derivatives according to a suffix function). They distinguish groups of valuation derivatives. They try to answer the question whether valuation can actually have an intra-word-formation character, or whether it is independent of the word-formation process.