STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC OF GERMAN DENOMINATIONS OF ARTISAN PROFESSIONS

Abstract

The article considers the lexical group of denominations of artisan professions from the point of view of their structural peculiarities. The analysis is conducted in the basis of 132 authorized denominations of artisan professions published on the official website. The author pays special attention to the fact that at the present stage of development of the German language these language units have form of composites, compound and derived denominations. The quantitative analysis of such denominations is conducted in the article. The author comes to the conclusion that as time goes by the structure of denominations becomes more and more complex and it determines the contents and borders of artisan professions. Therefore, through time more and more many-sided composites and compound denominations appear.