FORMATION OF NAMES OF A DOER IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article describes the main ways of forming words with the meaning of a doer. Based on the lexemes from the “Classification of professions of the People’s Republic of China” (2015), which includes 1481 profession names, the meaning of components of the last part with the syllables 员 (yuan), 师 (shi), 士 (shi), 工 (gong) and 家 (jia). The article describes the etymological development of the elements 员, 师, 士, 工 and 家 and notes that as a result of the difference, these elements as semi-suffixes participate in the formation of derived words. As semi-suffixes, they show a capacious compatibility when forming the names of a doer. The article shows models of the formation of derived words in the Chinese language, according to which these semi-suffixes are combined with other syllables, the meaning of which is also revealed in the article. The article will be useful to researchers who are interested in the word formation of the Chinese language and the ideas of modern Chinese about professions that reflect cultural values and stereotypes.