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On The Limits of Word-Formation

Summary/Abstract: The paper is dedicated to a fundamental issue in derivatology – the issue of productivity (understood as the derivability of one word from another at a formal level) and motivation (understood as the semantic conditioning of a given word by another) of derived/motivated words. Based on generally accepted definitions of the concepts of derivation and motivation at a synchronous level, some controversial issues related to the so-called “mutual motivation”, “splitting of formal and semantic motivation”, and the boundaries between derivation and adaptation are considered. The determination of the exact inventory of units of the word-formation system – derived/motivated words – and its boundaries depends on the resolution of these issues.

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