TRENDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OF THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC MACROSYSTEM IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

In this article the peculiarities of lexical-semantic macrosystem in modern English are outlined. The study deals with the fact that the enrichment of the English language with new innovations in form and content occurs through word formation. The processes, mechanisms and tools for creating English-language lexical innovations have been studied. It was noted that a significant proportion of the original elements (root stems, affixes) were at some point borrowed from other languages. It is noted that if a few decades ago, the primary activity was connected with processes such as affixation compounding, then it could be said that in the 21st century it is the so-called telescoping (fragmentation), when new words are formed by splicing two pieces (fragments) of words or one full word and a second element; if this is a fragment of an existing lexeme, they usually do not coincide with real morphemes. Another which has equally fruitful methods of forming innovation can be considered to be the "backward derivation" (also known as back derivation or back formation). There are a number of examples which serve to further illustrate the operation of neologisms in modern English.