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Register Motivation of Lexical Units (Remarks on the Relation among Lexis, Register and Sociolect) Cover

Register Motivation of Lexical Units (Remarks on the Relation among Lexis, Register and Sociolect)

Open Access
|Jan 2011

Abstract

Register motivation (RM) represents one of 17 types of lexical motivation. The term register motivation refers to the term (communication) register which is defined as situationally conditioned language behaviour of people connected by their common activity (D. Slančová). Register lexical units are thus situationally conditioned (such as child lexis, sport lexis etc.). Moreover, the relation among lexis, register and sociolect is analyzed. Finally, the relation of RM with other types of motivation (e.g. paradigmatic, word-formation, phraseological, syntactic and interlingual motivation) is outlined.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10113-009-0013-z | Journal eISSN: 1338-4287 (formerly 0021-5597) | Journal ISSN: 0021-5597
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 42
Published on: Jan 17, 2011
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2011 Martin Ološtiak, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.