Homonymy, Polysemy, Suffixal Equivalence and Concurrence

A typology of relationships between adjective-forming suffixes in modern Spanish is established. Relationships between 90 suffixal forms & 136 suffixes are differentiated by their occurrence, either between suffixes of the same form - pseudohomonymy, homonymy - or between suffixes containing similar values - equivalence or concurrence. Synonymy is considered part of concurrence. Polysemy is not an intersuffix relationship, but a feature of some suffixes. This interrelational typology illustrates the complexity of the Modern Spanish suffixal system. 7 Tables, 12 References. M. Perdoux