SUFFIXATION AS A PRODUCTIVE METHOD OF WORD FORMATION IN PUBLICISTIC GERMAN TEXTS

Abstract

The article studies an issue of suffix word formation in German journalism. The article deals with lexical units formed by suffix word formation. The main objective of the work is to identify lexical units of different parts of speech formed by the suffixal method in German journalistic texts and to establish the degree of productivity of their word-forming suffixes. Lexical units formed by the suffix method were selected by the continuous sampling method. In the course of the study, the suffixal method of word formation proved to be the most productive for the formation of nouns in relation to other parts of speech. As a result of the analysis of lexical units, it is found that foreign affixes show little activity in word production with German stems. The results of the research can be used in teaching theoretical and practical courses of linguistic disciplines.