The development of language also depends on the development of its word-formation system. Production of new lexical units happens by means of the wordformation models which were historically developed in a certain language

Yusupov, M.

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SocioEconomic Challenges Journal (Sumy State University)

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МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ 
СУМСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ 
ФАКУЛЬТЕТ ІНОЗЕМНОЇ ФІЛОЛОГІЇ 
ТА СОЦІАЛЬНИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
СОЦІАЛЬНО-ГУМАНІТАРНІ 
АСПЕКТИ РОЗВИТКУ СУЧАСНОГО 
СУСПІЛЬСТВА 
 
 
МАТЕРІАЛИ V ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКОЇ НАУКОВОЇ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ СТУДЕНТІВ, 
АСПІРАНТІВ, ВИКЛАДАЧІВ ТА СПІВРОБІТНИКІВ 
 
 
(Суми, 20-21 квітня 2017 року)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Суми 
2017 
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TENDENCIES AND FACTORS OF WORD-FORMATION 
DYNAMICS IN GERMAN LANGUAGE 
 
                                                       M. Yusupov, group Em-61 
O. R. Gladchenko – EL Adviser  
The development of language also depends on the development of 
its word-formation system. 
Production of new lexical units happens by means of the word-
formation models which were historically developed in a certain language. 
Modern German possesses many ways of new words formation. 
The analysis of modern neologisms in the social and political 
sphere, showed that the replenishment of the German language with the 
neologisms at the present stage of language development takes place 
through the use of the following most productive methods: 
 1) by means of the stem-composition/compounding;  
2) morphologically (as a result of affixal transformation);  
3) semantically (due to the reconsideration/ rethinking of the 
available word meaning);  
4) by means of the abbreviation;  
5) by means of the loan. 
Most presented is a group of nouns originating due to the standard 
rule on the basis of stem-composition (65%). This happens because words 
composites consisting of two and more words are a comfortable mean to 
convey difficult concepts in a condense form. 
It is necessary to add that semantic opportunities of these words are 
almost boundless. 
There appeared many political neologisms on the account of events 
in Ukraine, Greece, Islamic and Arabic countries. All above-named 
political events were reflected in the language: die Maidan-Revolution; der 
Ukraine-Konflikt ; die Maidan-Generation; die Rußland-Sanktionen; die 
Krim-Annexion; die Edathy-Affaere; der Ukraine-Kriesegipfel; der Gaza-
Krieg; der Edathy-Prozess; die Eurointegration; die Griechenland-Kriese; 
die Maidan-Helden.  
The following words which were formed morphologically due to 
the affixal transformation can serve as the examples of the new formation 
(9%): das Separatismus – сепаратизм; Minsker Abkommen – минское 
соглашение; die Dschihadisten – джихадисты. The reconsideration of 
words meaning is less widespread but not less important (11%). In this case 
the change of actual words meaning occurs due to the process of widening. 
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Widening is understood as a process when a word meaning originally one 
concrete and private concept starts to represent more general concept. Here 
it is possible to provide the following examples which were revealed when 
analysing the articles: die grünen Männchen – зеленые человечки; die 
netten Leute – «вежливые люди»; Arabischer Frühling – «арабская 
весна»; Russischer Frühling – «русская весна». 
Word-formations formed by abbreviation or reduction were 
revealed among socio-political neologisms such as IS (Islamischer Staat)  
террористическая организация «Исламское государство»; ATO (Anti-
Terror-Operation) – антитеррористическая операция на востоке 
Украины; Merkozy – Меркози; Grexit – грексит или выход Греции из 
Еврозоны; GroKo (Große Koalition) – Большая коалиция (12%). 
           The neologism GroKo (Große Koalition) which designated 
governmental coalition during elections in 2013, transformed into «Groko-
deal», an ironical expression appeared in press, denoting not very serious 
attitude towards the arrangement to form a coalition of CDU/CSU and 
SPD, the two leading parties of the country.  
Creation of new words is the reflection of society needs for the new 
concepts in language resulting from the development of science, 
technology, culture, public relations, etc. The establishment of modern 
tendencies of word-formation in the language, the improvement of theory 
and practice always takes the leading positions in the lexicology.  
As a rule neologisms arise on the basis of existing language 
traditions using the word-formation means which are already available in 
the language. Emergence of the new lexico-semantic option of the word in 
pragmatical aspect of variability is considered as a result of the variation of 
its use in different situations of communication depending on social, 
territorial, national, age, professional and other statuses of communication 
participants. 
 
 
THE PROBLEM OF SAVING ENERGY AND RESOURCES 
 
N. Kharchenko, group Edm-61 
O. R. Gladchenko – EL Adviser  
Presently energy-savings are one of the priority tasks. They are 
related to the deficit of basic energy resources, increasing cost of their 
extraction, and also to global ecological problems.  


Tendencies and factors of word-formation dynamics in German language

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