One more time about the relation between morphemic analysis and word-formation analysis

Abstract

One of the basic criteria when it comes to describing the surface structure of the derivative lexical units is distinguishing morphemic and word-formation analysis. Distinguishing the two types of analysis on the grounds of divisibility and derivation principles in practice makes it possible to avoid mixing up the monoverbal lexical derivatives with non-derivative ones, yet the morphemically divisible units (words) especially when we have formal equality of the individual structural elements. We could distinguish morphemic and word-formation analysis thanks to the usage of approach from form to meaning in order to define the exact number of the wordforming formants in each and every language, including Bulgarian. This is essential to the lexicographic practice when it comes to elaborating various types of wordforming vocabularies, in order to achieve precision and scientific objectiveness in interpreting and presenting the language facts and phenomena.

Keywords

• morpheme
• morphemic analysis
• root morpheme
• affixal morpheme
• divisibility
• derivation
• derivative word
• word formation analysis