Neurocognitive Trends in the Structural-Functional Model of the Lexical Semantic Way of Word Formation

 The article analyzes traditional views of Ukrainian linguists 
on the consideration/disregard of neurocognitive factors in the lexical
semantic way of word formation (hereinafter “LSWWF”). The relevance 
of the article lies in a pronounced divergence in the views, as well as in the 
contradictions in the interpretation of polysemy as a result of this type of 
word formation. Research methods include analysis of definitions and 
basic theories, comparison, extrapolation of a neuroscientific perspective on 
the cognitive nature of metaphorical generation of new meanings on 
traditional (structural and functional) approaches to linguistic 
phenomena. The article proves that Ukrainian linguistics involves 
prerequisites and basics of cognitive subject-based explanation of 
secondary semantics, present since the Soviet period, and lacks categorical 
and methodological tools for its interpretation. Besides, the authors of the 
article suggest some compromise solutions to these contradictions without 
completely abandoning traditional views on word formation. The 
international relevance of the article is seen in its attempts to reconsider 
the significant traditional achievements of Eastern European linguistics 
(on the example of Ukraine) in the context of objective natural 
neurocognitive views on key linguistic processes, in particular LSWWF.