Word formation in Russian is the formation of derivators (new words) from cognate words. What happens as a result of this process? Then a formal-semantic relationship arises between the new formation and its derivative.
Let's consider the structure of this phenomenon. Word formation in Russian most often follows a morphological path. It can be an affixation, which includes a prefix way of derivators' birth. Examples of this are the following word pairs: payment - overpayment, tropics - subtropics, sweet - unsweetened. The morphological method is sometimes based on suffixal word formation. Here are examples: love - love, mystery - mysterious, luxury - luxury.
Derivation in Russian in a morphological way can combine both of the above options: taste - tasteless, estate - homestead, work - unemployment, sewing - sew. There is a suffix-prefix way of occurrence of derivators here.
Today, such a way of the appearance of words as zero suffix is singled out separately: quiet -silence, blue - blue, tell - story.
Sometimes word formation in Russian looks like a postfix method. In this case, words are obtained using particles. They are added after the whole word, for example, in verbs with “sya”: bathed - bathed, looked - looked, kissed - kissed. Other particles can also participate in this process: why - why, when - ever.
It is impossible not to mention such methods of word formation in Russian as the addition and fusion of words in a phrase. The following derivatives can serve as examples of addition: forest-steppe, oil depot, vegetable store.
Close to it is the lexical-syntactic method, in which the merging of words from a phrase occurs without the participation of any connecting vowels and without changing the forms of the words being added. Here, as examples, it is appropriate to present such derivatives: evergreen, instant, intractable.
Abbreviation is the birth of new words derived from the first letters of their names. These are, for example, university, hydroelectric power station, OTK, NEP. An excessive tendency to create new terms in this way leads to rather dissonant abbreviations. Jokers try to "unravel" them in their own way. Sometimes it can be quite witty and funny, especially when such wits are taken up with which the KVN teams are full. Here, by the way, is another abbreviation that has taken root in the Russian language quite firmly. It even has its own derivatives, for example, the adjective "kaveenovsky".
Derivation of the Russian language includes such a way as the transition of words from one part of speech to another - substantiation. For example: bathroom, dining room, worker, military. These words have become nouns from adjectives. They can change into nouns and participles. Examples of this method of education are the words commander, students, living room, ice cream. And the participle "brilliant" in the context of the noun "ability" is defined as an adjective, just like "refined" in combination with the word taste.
Thus, the word formation of the Russian language is extremely diverse, has many ways and is in constant development.
