Cite this article as:

Yarmashevich M. A. Structure and Semantics of Abbreviation. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2013, vol. 13, iss. 3, pp. 3-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2013-13-3-3-5

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Heading:

Linguistics

Language:

Russian

Structure and Semantics of Abbreviation

The theoretical aspects of word-formation are considered in the article. For the first time the
complex multiple-aspect investigation of abbreviation in the modern European languages has been carried out.

Authors:

Yarmashevich

Marina

Arkadievna

,

Saratov State Agricultural University named after N. I. Vavilov

,

Russia, 410600, Saratov, Teatralnaya square, 1

,

mayarm@yandex.ru

Key words:

abbreviation, types of abbreviation, process and means of word-formation, discourse, semantics, antinomy code-text, communication-discourse tendencies in society