ACTIVATION OF THE SUFFIX -I- IN MODERN WORD CREATION

Abstract

The article is dedicated to identifying the degree of activity, productivity and regularity of the verb suffix -i- in the formation of derivative words based on borrowed productive stems. The work examines changes that occur with the producing base when the suffix is attached and, in particular, the change in distribution, the expansion of semantics, the formation of new derivatives, the formation of polysemy are traced. It is established that the semantic potential of the borrowed base, changed under the influence of the word-forming means of the Russian language, also contributes to the transformation of the typical environment in which it is actualized. There also appears a possibility of a comprehensive examination of the properties of borrowed linguistic units that find expression in a communication situation.