Derivatives with Formant -<i>teka</i> in Modern Russian

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of word-formation activity of the suffix - teka in modern Russian. The material was the data of modern dictionaries and a card file of the use of lexemes collected by the authors. The relevance of the study is due to the activation of the derivational potential of the formant of - teka in the Russian language. It is shown that there is still no definite opinion among linguistic scholars regarding the status of a component of Greek origin - teka : it is interpreted as a suffix, a connected root, a suffixoid. It is demonstrated by examples that it joins the free and connected foundations of Russian and foreign origin and expresses the meanings ‘collection’ and ‘repository’, metonymically related to each other and not always shared in dictionary interpretations. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of new tokens containing a suffixoid - teka ( pivoteka, lakoeka, enoteka, novoteka, poleznoteka, flirtoteka, etc.). t is noted that the ability of an affixoid to join free roots and the transparency of its semantics lead to the appearance of new formations. The article proves that this formant expands its compatibility in modern Russian. It is shown that it joins the foundations of not only the substantive, but also the adjective and verb type, while the mechanisms of language play are realized.

Keywords

• suffixoid -teka
• derivational formant
• semantics
• compound word
• derivation