Productive models of word formation (using the example of neologisms in English)

The paper attempts to reveal the most popular word-formation patterns in modern English. The authors make a strong case for pragmatic conditioning of new words. They see the study of the English-speaking community from the perspective of new words as their main goal. The authors’ hypothesis is that these new lexical units direct social actions and allow to forecast most probably the vectors of development of social culture. The paper identifies the major linguistic mechanisms of forming new words. The practical application of the research is that the paper reflects those fragments of social reality which already exist in the language but are not in dictionaries yet. In addition, awareness of new trends in word-formation and its models helps understand new words.