Prof. Dr. Javier Martín Arista
Department of Modern Languages, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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29Years (1998-Present)
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View All Publications14 November 2008
Book Chapter
Javier Martín AristaThis paper offers the initial design for a functional theory of morphology and addresses the question of how much unification or separation of domains and units is required in such a theory. Given that morphology is largely driven by principles that also rule syntax and semantics, the main thrust of this proposal is that the interaction between morphology and other areas of the theory can be adequately accounted for by the combination of three descriptive-explanatory resources: layered structures, templates and constructions. Other descriptiveexplanatory principles such as feature percolation and the characteristics of bases and adjuncts remain specifically morphological. Unification and separation in morphology must be carried out on functional grounds. Moreover, Old English evidence shows that no strict separation can be postulated, either between morphology and the rest of the theory or among the different morphological processes.
7 December 2012 in Australian Journal of Linguistics
Journal Article
Javier Martín AristaThis article carries out an analysis of the Old English verbal prefix ge- that is based on a paradigmatic organization of the lexicon, which allows for the inclusion of synchronic and diachronic data into a panchronic approach. On the synchronic side, the focus is on the spread of ge- in the derivational morphology of the language and the assessment of productivity, while on the diachronic side the emphasis is on the lexicalization and grammaticalization of the affix at stake. A path of grammaticalization is described as starting from the Proto-Germanic derivational prefix *ga- and leading to inflectional ge- in Old English. Quantitative evidence is gathered in favour of a progressive loss of the derivational productivity of the prefix that is paralleled by a gradual increase in inflectional distribution. The conclusion is reached that the neuter noun which is zero derived from the strong verb contributes through its derivatives to the decategorialization of the prefix ge-, which undergoes grammaticalization for reasons of over-markedness, becomes exclusively inflectional and, ultimately, disappears.
27 February 2013 in Studia Neophilologica
Journal Article
Javier Martín AristaThe aims of this article are to coin the term of derivational depth and to assess the role of zero derivation in the search for the lexical primes of Old English. Derivational depth is characterized diachronically as making reference to the (un)productive derivational processes that function as input to productive derivational processes. As regards the related concept of lexical recursivity, it is defined as the derivation of derived bases, which, in Old English, can be the case with the output of processes of zero derivation, affixation and compounding. In the search for the lexical primes of Old English, evidence has been found for three types of zero derivation, including zero derivation with zero inflection, with full inflection and with formative. The main conclusions of the article are that lexical recursivity is a linguistic property, whereas derivational depth represents a property of lexical representations; that zero derivation constitutes a principled formal criterion for defining lexical primes; and that nominal zero derivatives of strong verbs play a role central to lexical derivation in Old English.
29 April 2011 in English Studies
Journal Article
Javier Martín AristaThis journal article identifies two kinds of mismatch form-function in the formation of Old English adjectives. Convergent derivation is found when the meanings of derivatives converge in spite of the motivated morphological alternation that holds between their respective bases of derivation. Redundant derivation applies when an affix is attached that contributes the same meaning as another affix which has already been added to the base of derivation. The instances of convergent and redundant derivation analyzed in this work represent evidence in favour of the existence of two lexical layers in the Old English lexicon, namely the layer of affixless derivation and the layer of affixal derivation. The layer of affixless derivation, in turn, can be subdivided into the component of zero derivation proper and the component of derivation by inflectional means. Other conclusions of this research have to do with the patterns of recursive derivation in adjective formation, the insertion, combination and suppression of strong verb prefixes and the grammaticalization of -b re, -cund, -feald, -lēas, -lic, -sum, -weard, -welle, -wende and -wīs.
1 September 2014 in Nordic Journal of English Studies
Journal Article
Javier Martín AristaThe aim of the article is to explain the form-function mismatches that occur in the formation of Old English nouns. The analysis identifies pairs of derived nouns that share a lexemic root and represent instances of near-synonymy. Two types of mismatch are found in the formation of nouns, namely convergent derivation due to the competition of suffixes and convergent derivation resulting from the competition of bases. Four types of asymmetry can be distinguished: on the grounds of process, category, productivity and recursivity. The existence of mismatches and the associated asymmetry indicate two waves of word-formation that configure two layers in the lexicon of Old English.
14 February 2017 in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
Journal Article
Javier Martín AristaThis article explains some aspects of the verbal polysemy of Old English by means of the concept of semantic pole, an area of semantic space that represents a core meaning. It draws on the semantic primes of the natural semantic metalanguage, the theoretical constructs of semantic space, and force dynamics as well as semantic maps based on graph theory. In the semantic map, graphs link poles to definiens and lexical nodes, in such a way that the centrality of the poles is indicated, quantitatively, by the number of edges and, qualitatively, by the distance between the pole that exerts the centrifugal force and the pole to which such a force is directed. The conclusion is reached that the semantic poles MOVE, BE, and SAY constitute the core of the verbal lexicon of Old English, considering the semantic space that they occupy and the centrifugal and centripetal forces that produce polysemy originating in these semantic poles.
About Me
Javier Martín Arista has been a professor of Old English and linguistics at the University of La Rioja since 1996. He has been a visiting researcher at the universities of Sheffield, Pennsylvania, New York, Amsterdam, Toronto, York, and Oxford and has been invited to lecture at several European and American universities. His research spans theoretical work, focusing on functional and construction grammars; diachronic studies, centered on the semantics, syntax, morphology, and lexicology of Old English; and applied research, aimed at developing a knowledge base using corpus linguistics and at applying NLP techniques to Old English. Since 2005, Javier Martín Arista has been the principal investigator of the Nerthus Project, which has received funding from seven competitive project calls. The project has produced nearly one hundred articles and book chapters on the linguistic analysis of Old English using database and NLP techniques and has published an online knowledge base and descriptive results, contributing to twenty completed doctoral dissertations. Currently, Javier Martín Arista serves as the director of the Digital Language Economy and Artificial Intelligence Division of the Transformation Plan of La Rioja.