SOME ASPECTS OF NOMINAL WORD FORMATION IN MODERN AMHARIC
https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2018-2-14-68-74
Abstract
The article analyzes nominal word formation in modern Amharic as a subsystem with special word formation mechanisms. We examine productive word formation models and patterns both new and existing in the language for a long time. The intralinguistic and extralinguistic causes that influence the process of creating new words are also observed in the article.
Particular attention is paid to the problem of the correct use of newly coined lexical units so as to avoid the distortion of their meaning as well as misunderstanding between the people who communicate with each other. In this connection, a conclusion is made about the need for the systematization and unification of new words, especially those related to terminological vocabulary.
The article is limited to the consideration of certain aspects of the nominal word formation highlighting those word-formation patterns in modern Amharic that from the author’s point of view are most productive.
About the Author
Larisa N. Chernysheva
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
Larisa N. Chernysheva – Senior Lecturer at the Indian, Iranian and African Languages Chair, MGIMO-University (Moscow, Russia). Research interests: the language of politics, socio-political vocabulary of the Amharic language, modern Amharic lexicology.
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Chernysheva L.N. SOME ASPECTS OF NOMINAL WORD FORMATION IN MODERN AMHARIC. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2018;2(14):68-74. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2018-2-14-68-74
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