THE ROLE OF WORD-FORMING FORMANTS IN THE ONOMASIOLOGICAL PARADIGM

Abstract

The article attempts to determine the place of word-forming formants of modern Ukrainian literary language in the verbalization of objective reality; to find out the peculiarities of the use of word-forming means depending on the nominative intention of the speaker. The cases of traditional using of wordforming formants are described in the structures of different onomasiological categories – (in the onomasiological category of objectivity, the onomasiological category of sign (the signs of actions and signs-attributes)), as well as examples of occasional word formation that illustrate the traditions of verbalization of the world in different spheres of Ukrainian society. It is observed that verbalization with the participation of word-forming formants takes place with simultaneous generalization in accordance with the grammatical features of the modern Ukrainian language. Earlier, linguists defined the general role of the word-forming formant in the nominative process: verbalization of the onomasiological basis or onomasiological feature. Accordingly to this, the word-forming means of the modern Ukrainian language are characterized. It is confirmed that word-forming noun, verb and adjective suffixes are suitable mainly for expressing the onomasiological basis, and word-forming prefixes in the onomasiological structure verbalize the onomasiological sign first of all. It has been established that nominators verbalize elements of the category of objectivity or the category of sign (processes, actions, signs of realities of actuality) first of all via regular wordformation means, which are characterized by a certain “linguistic memory” – the kind of internal form. We observe some attachment of the word-forming formant to the structure and its existing elements – other word-forming means, which is a models that in combination with grammatical markers is for creating a new nominative unit. At the same time, the occasional derivation demonstrates its certain independence due to the so-called internal form of the word-forming means: formant can acquire the ability to verbalize the concept independently in some contexts. Some word-forming forms do not correspond to the linguistic traditions of verbalization of the realities of the surrounding world and give expression to the nominative unit.