54-61
A PRODUTIVIDADE LEXICAL DO SUFIXO -MENTE NA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA
Authors: Francisco Tarcísio Cavalvante

Number of views: 231
A study of word formation with the Portuguese
suffix ‘-mente’. In the light of Chomsky’s lexical theory, we
can apply word-formation rules (RFP’s) and structuralanalysis
rules (RAE’s) to an adjectival base of lexemes,
understanding adjective, not as a word class as treated by
the traditional grammar, but as a syntactic function. Despite
the lexical restrictions to the employment of the suffix ‘-
mente’ to some lexematic bases, it is possible to use this
suffix to form lexemes, which can be classified as adverbs,
circunstancial elements, lexeme intensifiers, clause modifiers,
nouns and interjections