FEATURES OF SITUATIONAL WORD FORMATION IN THE MODERN LANGUAGE DISCOURCE (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The work studies word-formation process peculiarities. Speech economy is presented as the main source of modern situational word formation in English and Russian languages. The article discusses issues related to understanding mental processes involved in the creation of a new word and motivating factors that trigger cognitive mechanisms for creation of new words. The research material is new linguistic units that emerged in modern English and Russian as a result of the process of language economy. Their analysis is carried out. It is determined that in addition to the language economy, the leading factors of word formation and speech creation there are such trends as the dynamism of speech, an increase in the informative meaning of the word, the desire for expressive and emotional speech. The article argues that the ability of native speakers to create individual words is an indicator of the communication skills formation.