Types of Forming Words. Derivation. Affixation

The degree of productivity and factors favouring it make an important aspect of synchronic description of every derivational pattern within the two types of word-formation.

• The degree of productivity and factors favouring it make an important aspect of synchronic description of every derivational pattern within the two types of word-formation.

Three degrees of productivity are distinguished for derivational patterns and individual derivational affixes:

• Three degrees of productivity are distinguished for derivational patterns and individual derivational affixes:

l) highly-productive,

2) productive or semi-productive,

3) nоn-produсtive.

References

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