Harmony as a principle in creating hyphenated compound words (based on the examples of names for people) Cover Image

Гармония как принцип образования дефисных субстантивно-субстантивных конструкций (на примере единиц личной семантики)
Harmony as a principle in creating hyphenated compound words (based on the examples of names for people)

Author(s): Paulina Bortnowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: Using the structure of hyphenated compound words has become a productive way of creating new nominations in contemporary Russian. The aim of this article is to show that harmony as an orderly combination of elements in a whole is the main concept that underpins multiple psycholinguistic processes, resulting in the occurrence of hyphenated compound words in Russian speakers' language.

  • Issue Year: 41/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 275-282
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian