word-formation metaphor

LOSS OF PRIMARY VALUE OF DERIVATIVE WORD AS A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF WORD-MAKING METAPHORES

The article considers one of the ways of forming the word-formative metaphor in the history of the Russian language - the loss of the primary meaning of the derived word. On the basis of an analysis of extensive material, the causes of the disappearance of primary values are established, among which archaization and changing the meaning of the morpheme are the most important.

 

LOSS OF PRIMARY VALUE OF DERIVATIVE WORD AS A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF WORD-MAKING METAPHORES

The article considers one of the ways of forming the word-formative metaphor in the history of the Russian language - the loss of the primary meaning of the derived word. On the basis of an analysis of extensive material, the causes of the disappearance of primary values are established, among which archaization and changing the meaning of the morpheme are the most important.

Issues of Lexicographic Description of Word-formation Metaphors

The article deals with the issues of describing the lexical meaning of word-formation metaphors in thesauruses. Various means of defining derivatives with metaphoric motivation are regarded. The reasons of why it is impossible to describe the lexical meaning of some groups of derivatives by means of linking them to the generative word are established.