9 Russian
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Igor’ S. Uluhanov
Abstract
This article presents an outline of Russian word-formation along with the history of studies on this topic. It contains data on essential meanings conveyed by models of Russian word-formation. Word-formation is one of the most frequent means of enriching the vocabulary, even more so than lexical borrowing. The main mechanism is affixation. The type and frequency of affixes may vary with word class: while nouns tend to add suffixes, verbs are more prone to prefixation. Composition is relatively common, though characteristic only of nominal word-formation.
Abstract
This article presents an outline of Russian word-formation along with the history of studies on this topic. It contains data on essential meanings conveyed by models of Russian word-formation. Word-formation is one of the most frequent means of enriching the vocabulary, even more so than lexical borrowing. The main mechanism is affixation. The type and frequency of affixes may vary with word class: while nouns tend to add suffixes, verbs are more prone to prefixation. Composition is relatively common, though characteristic only of nominal word-formation.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Content V
- 1 German 1
- 2 English 29
- 3 Swedish 49
- 4 Icelandic 79
- 5 Spanish 105
- 6 Romanian 131
- 7 Irish 157
- 8 Polish 193
- 9 Russian 221
- 10 Bulgarian 251
- 11 Lithuanian 277
- 12 Albanian 299
- 13 Greek 317
- 14 Ossetic 341
- 15 Finnish 369
- 16 Hungarian 393
- 17 Basque 417
- 18 Maltese 445
- 19 Turkish 467
- 20 Bashkir 491
- 21 Chuvash 507
- 22 Kalmyk 527
- 23 Abkhaz 553
- 24 Aghul 577
- 25 Lak 597
- 26 Avar 617
- 26 Map of languages 633
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Content V
- 1 German 1
- 2 English 29
- 3 Swedish 49
- 4 Icelandic 79
- 5 Spanish 105
- 6 Romanian 131
- 7 Irish 157
- 8 Polish 193
- 9 Russian 221
- 10 Bulgarian 251
- 11 Lithuanian 277
- 12 Albanian 299
- 13 Greek 317
- 14 Ossetic 341
- 15 Finnish 369
- 16 Hungarian 393
- 17 Basque 417
- 18 Maltese 445
- 19 Turkish 467
- 20 Bashkir 491
- 21 Chuvash 507
- 22 Kalmyk 527
- 23 Abkhaz 553
- 24 Aghul 577
- 25 Lak 597
- 26 Avar 617
- 26 Map of languages 633
