Functions Of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Word-Formation Rows With the Suffix -ment

Abstract.

HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS WORD-FORMATION ROWS WITH THE SUFFIX -MENT

Olena Dotsenko

Department of Translation Studies and Linguistic Training for Foreigners, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine.

Abstract

Background: Modern word-formation in the English language lacks the sufficient investigation of word-formation rows which are often confused with word-formation nests and chains. Polysemous words pose a difficulty in identifying deriving stems in derived words with the suffix -ment.

Purpose: The paper focuses on structural peculiarities of word-formation rows using the relator language of the applicative generative model. The article aims at analyzing homogeneous and hetero­geneous structures of rows, their depth and complexity, and peculiarities of motivational relations.

Results: With the help of the applicative generative model, the author identifies the deriving stem in each word from the synchronous point of view and distinguishes three word-classes (R₂R₁X, R₂R₂X, R₂R₁X ˅ R₂R₂X) of word-formation rows. The research leads to the conclusion that there are two homogeneous rows and one heterogeneous among three word-formation rows. In terms of the depth the rows are not deep and their complexity is different depending on the number of R-structures in each row.

Discussion: The study concludes that word-formation rows with the suffix -ment are more homogeneous than heterogeneous despite the polysemy of words. It is necessary to carry out further research into creating semantic fields of word-formation rows with the suffix -ment and investigating their lexical, semantic and structural peculiarities. The choice of the research is determined by insufficient investigation of all aspects of a word-formation row in the English language.

Keywords: a word-formation row, multiple motivation, a derivational step, polysemous words, the applicative generative model.

Vitae

Olena Dotsenko got her Master’s degree in English and German Languages and Foreign Litera­ture at Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical State University at the Department of Foreign Languages. Now she is studying at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Philology. Her areas of research interests include English word-formation rows, their structure and semantic features.

Correspondence: edots@ukr.net

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