Univerbation: a method of Ukrainian word formation or a type of secondary nomination

Iryna Denysovets, Candidate of Sciences in Philology, Assoсiate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy
National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”
24 Vitalii Hrytsayenko Ave., Poltava 36000, Ukraine

E-mail: denysovets.ira@gmail.com
https://orkid.org/0000-0002-1424-1652

Heading: Articles
Language: Ukrainian

Abstract: Нistory of univerbation in Ukrainian linguistics in the context of European and Slavic linguistics is explored. The common tendency for them to use the term univerbation for the general designation of all methods of compression word formation based on analytical names is traced. Terminological disorder is noted for the designation of univerbation phenomena, and an existing list of synonymous terms is presented. Two main approaches to interpreting the status of univerbation are distinguished: as a method of word formation in general or only suffixal word formation, and as a type of secondary nomination associated with the transformation of a developed syntactic construction (periphrase of a derivative) into a verbal name. The features of attributive word combinations that can serve as a motivating (formative) basis for univerbs are characterized. The suffixes used to form suffix univerbs are systematized by productivity: -k- is the most productive, -yk, -ak, –yts-(-ia) are less productive. Other means of forming univerbs are determined.

The colloquial nature of univerbs is emphasized as their differential feature, the limited composition of univerbs of a colloquial nature, already recorded in explanatory dictionaries and widely represented in colloquial speech, is outlined, and it is noted that a significant proportion of univerbs is not codified in modern dictionaries of the Ukrainian language, they are still unofficial (colloquial) names of concepts, while the motivating phrases for them are the official names of these concepts.

A conclusion is perfomed on univerbation as a way of creating one-word names based on analytical constructions – attributive word combinations and prepositional-case forms.

Keywords: univerbation, semantic condensation, compression word formation, suffixal word formation, secondary nomination, univerbs, analytical names.

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