Authors : Marina A. Droga, Natalia V. Yurchenko, Alexander N. Langner, Valentina V. Karnauchova and Yulia A. Klimova
Abstract: Language material testifies that the compound nominations in modern Russian continue to develop high efficiency as one of convenient and economical types of educations. This low-studied group of words draws attention of researchers more and more, generating new disputes among linguists on its status. Article purpose is the review of the main points of view on contents of the term compound names and also consideration of specifics of their emergence. After analyzing the various approaches, classifications of compound names, we came to the conclusion that studied words is a special phenomenon in the system of vocabulary and word formation. Composite names is quite diverse and in many respects contradictory lexical group. Identified specific characteristics of the compound categories, allowing to determine their verbal status. Extracted from newspaper texts of the last decades compound nouns are characterized by unexpectedness and novelty, show the result of creative thinking of the researcher. Replacement of the detailed descriptions by these economical formations attracts the reader’s attention, increases the expressiveness of the language, fills it with new shades of meaning.
Marina A. Droga, Natalia V. Yurchenko, Alexander N. Langner, Valentina V. Karnauchova and Yulia A. Klimova, 2015. Compound Names in Russian: Status and Lingvocreative Specifics. The Social Sciences, 10: 1160-1163.