ABSTRACT
In word formation, the distinction drawn between neologisms (created according to productive word formation rules) that spontaneously arise from a momentary need and within a strongly limited context and such expressions that are codified in the lexicon and already belong to the lexical inventory of a language. Since occasional word formations can frequently become incorporated into the usual inventory of a language, the boundary between both areas is fuzzy. ( also nonce word, lexicalization)
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Gallo-Romance language spoken in southern France somewhat south of the line GaronneGrenoble. The striking demarcation of the Gallo-Romance linguistic territory can be attributed among other reasons to the large number of Franconian settlers in northern France ( superstratum). During the Middle Ages, Occitan was an important language of culture, but became increasingly supplanted by the more dominant French. Since the nineteenth century there have been various movements for the renewal of Occitan as a literary and trade language (cf. F.Mistral, L.Alibert). Occitan can be divided into North Occitan and Middle Occitan (Provençal); Gascon is in many ways a separate dialect. Today the active speakers of Occitan number about 2 million.
