The Influence of Linguistic and Extralinguistic Factors on the Derivational Potential of Substantives in the Modern Ukrainian Language

Abstract

Today, the issue of identifying the typology of word formation, which is based on the functional load of the formative words, becomes relevant for the development of Ukrainian derivatology, and its solution is possible only within the framework of a recently developed approach. In word formation, it is called base-centric because it is focused on the stem as a typology-based factor. The purpose of the base-centric direction is to describe the derivational potential of different classes of formative lexemes, to specify the linguistic and extra-linguistic factors that determine their word-forming ability. The research goal is to identify the structural and semantic typology of the relevant noun units, find out the factors that regulate the derivational capacity of Ukrainian names of trade tools, body parts and metals. The key tasks are as follows: to analyse the factors influencing the word-forming ability of formative nouns; to consider the semantic correlation of formative nouns and their derivatives; to study ways and means of realization of derivational meanings of the desubstantives. The research subject is linguistic and extralinguistic factors of producing lexemes from names of trade tools, body parts and metals. The study materials can be used in derivation studies when describing a derivative family of words, for characteristics of the word-formation system of desubstantives in the papers of monographic nature. Findings and materials can be used for the compilation of morpheme and word-forming dictionaries as well as academic courses on morphemics and word-formation and in relevant