Author: L.V. Babina
Affiliation: Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Abstract:
The article deals with cognitive aspect of studying the problem of motivation of derivative words. The importance of knowledge evoked by base words in the process of determining the meaning of a derivative word is shown on a material of derivatives formed from proper names.
Keywords: semantics of a derivative word, concept evoked by the base word, cognitive matrix, derivatives formed from proper names