Características formales y procesos de formación de palabras en los sustantivos con marca popular en el Diccionario del español de México

This study provides a descriptive analysis of the formal characteristics and word formation processes observable in 1054 nouns with the popular lexicographic label in the Diccionario del español de México (DEM). Based on this data sample, I examine the etymological dimension of this vocabulary, its lexical creation processes, and the most recurrent derivational and compositional patterns found in it. The results confirm that Mexican popular vocabulary constitutes a microcosm of the lexical heritage of Mexican Spanish, where affixation represents the most common lexicogenetic process. Furthermore, this research exemplifies the systematicity of certain formal processes at this linguistic register and justifies the relevance of using this dataset as an empirical basis to develop further studies focusing on the semantic and dialectal aspects of this vocabulary.