Grammatical and Semantic Word-Formation of Toponymic Derivatives (on the Material of the Toponym “CИБИPЬ”)

Abstract

The paper presents morphemic-derivational structure of toponymic derivatives (toponymy-derived formations) of proper name “Cибирь”. In revealed derived words authors identify morphemes, specify the methods of their production, provide statistics on word-formation activity of morphemes in the process of secondary nomination of toponymy-derived appellatives. Based on regional material of dialectal dictionaries they define the peculiarities of toponym’s word-formation family of words, as well as its paradigmatic relations with derived categories. Horonym “Cибирь” is considered in the context of perception by regional linguistic persona in the national toponymic space. Examples of semantic toponymy-derived word-formation are given. Thereby, in Russian language world picture it is possible to identify a set of regionally marked background knowledge, perceptions of values as well as historical and cultural characteristics of the analyzed toponym.

“Brexit” models in the Russian-language Internet discourse

“…This can be clearly explained by most of the investigated contexts demonstrating the use of -exit derivation from the point of view of Russian inflection: Незадолго до несостоявшегося "Фрексита" сдулся голландский "Нексит". Clearly, the word-formation as a branch of linguistics developed rapidly in the last century and is continuing to develop today (Litovkina, 2018). In our study, the method of formation of -exit derivations and their word-formation potential in the Russian language are of much interest.…”