Open AccessON THE SO-CALLED “VINOKUR CRITERION”
Author(s) -
А А Кретов
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vestnik kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-8983
pISSN - 2078-8975
DOI - 10.21603/2078-8975-2016-3-150-154
Subject(s) - affix , morpheme , root (linguistics) , computer science , term (time) , word (group theory) , mathematics , linguistics , part of speech , artificial intelligence , physics , philosophy , quantum mechanics
The paper is devoted to the problem of direction of lexical derivation. The system methodology was used to describe the “Vinokur criterion”; it turned out that the criterion can not be used to identify the derivation direction. Also the existence of morphemes apocope technique in Russian derivation is refuted and the term interfix is replaced by epenthesis. It is suggested to use the quantity of morphemes instead of the “Vinokur criterion”: the derived stem is different from the stem of the same root in one additional terminal affix. As a result the morphemic analysis is defined as the first stage and the obligatory condition of the derivative analysis. If the “Vinokur criterion” is interpreted correctly, it can be used in lexicography to describe the semantics of derived words. It may also be the indicator of derived word de-etymologization. The problem of the direction of lexical derivation is also connected with the problem of words existence-inexistence in language and speech, with the problem of synchrony and diachrony of word-formation system and also with the necessity for differentiation of the systems of onims and appellatives and for consideration of each derivative as an element of the whole language system.