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SEMANTIC POTENTIAL OF WORDS NOMINATION means Ways of nomination in modern English can be classified as follows: NOMINATION INTERNAL new meanings new lexical units new words patterned wordderivation EXTERNAL wordcomposition affixation conversion suffixation prefixation new word-grou...

SEMANTIC POTENTIAL OF WORDS NOMINATION means Ways of nomination in modern English can be classified as follows: NOMINATION INTERNAL new meanings new lexical units new words patterned wordderivation EXTERNAL wordcomposition affixation conversion suffixation prefixation new word-groups unpatterned shortening coining lexicalization WORD MEANING I Simple words. 1. 2. R – stop, now, desk; 2. Rfr (root fragment) – lab (laboratory), pop (popular) II Derived words. 3. R + S (root + suffix) – realize, dancer; 4. Rfr + S – combo (combination); 5. P + R (prefix + root) – depart, subdivision; 6. P + R + S – misinterpretation, disagreeable III Compound words. 7. R + R – timetable, schoolgirl; 8. Rfr + Rfr – smog (smoke + fog), brunch (breakfast + lunch); 9. R + I + R (root + interfix + root) – gasometer, statesman; 10. (R + S) + R – writing – table, safety-belt; 11. R + (R + S) – pen-holder, sky-jumping; 12. R + F + R (root + function word + root) – stay-at-home, true-to-life IV Derivational compounds. 13. (R + R) + S – snub-nosed, long-legged. Conversion, derivation and composition are the most productive ways of word-building process. By word building we understand processes of producing new words from the resources of the language. Various types of word formation in modern English possess different degrees of productivity highly productive • • • • • affixation compounding shortening conversion forming phrasal words Semi-productive Nonproductive • back formation • reduplication • blending • sound imitation • sound interchange • change of stress LEXICL MEANING SEMASIOLOGY Основы английской фразеологии.