WORD-FORMATION MODELS OF LOANWORDS IN THE CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LANGUAGE (CASE STUDY OF TECHNICAL TERMS)

Abstract

This article deals with problems of word formation in the contemporary Chinese language, particularly the formation of technical loanwords. A review of the works on types of loanwords is presented in the article. Theoretical aspects of word formation in the contemporary Chinese language in the works of Russian and Chinese sinologists are reviewed. A detailed description of word-formation models based on the structural and semantic approach is given.

Keywords

• loanwords
• technical terminology
• word formation
• word formation models