Analysis of word-formation methods and types in the Rusin language

This article dwells on the basic methods of synchronic word formation in the Rusin language. One of the priorities of contemporary linguistics is the dynamic approach to the study of linguistic items which allows not only examining the mechanism of word formation, but also discerning the trends of language evolution as a whole. Until the middle of the 20th century, linguists did not view word formation as an independent area of language study. All aspects of word formation were examined within the framework of other areas - in lexicology and grammar (morphology). In the present stage of the development of linguistics, word formation has the status of an independent subfield closely linked with other linguistics disciplines such as morphology, lexicology, semantics, phonology, etc. With regard to word formation, much attention is paid to it in inflected languages with a rich system of word-forming means and methods, and the Slavic languages (Rusin, Slovak, Russian) are precisely of this type. Contemporary research is focused on living word-formation processes in language and on semantic relationships between the base word and the derived word, i.e., on the degree of synchronic motivation of the derived word. The theoretical bases for word formation in Rusin draw on the theory of word formation by Slovak linguist Juraj Furdik, who introduced the term derivatology. Likewise found in Furdik's framework are sources of terminology for Rusin word-formation (such as motivation, types of motivation, motivator, motivat (the motivated item) etc.). In our opinion, wordformation processes are worth researching inasmuch as this then assists in resolving morphonological, morphological, lexical, and other questions in the synchronic and diachronic aspects of the language system.

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