ON THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING UNIQUE AFFIXES IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article deals with the most important theoretical issues concerning a concept of unique morphemes in the modern Russian language. The question of presence of unique morphemes is highlighted as an integral part of such important topics of morphemics and word-formation as the definition of morpheme, typology of morphemes of the Russian language, partitioning and pro-derivation of words. It is shown that the study of peripheral phenomena of the morpheme level of the language is an actual and therefore necessary component of modern research. The authors of the article highlight some controversial issues of defining and singling out unique morphemes, carry out a detailed analysis of problematic cases of singling out unique morphemes associated with different reasons for their appearance in the modern Russian language and come to a conclusion that the solution of the question of the status of unique elements in a word depends largely on the position of the researcher in relation to the morpheme as a unit of language.