THE IMPORTANCE OF WORD FORMATION AND TYPES OF COLLOCATIONS

The first article of this volume presents an introductory  survey  of the scope of word-formation research.  It defines and  demarcates the  subject-matter of word-formation and explains  the basic notions  related to  the internal  structures of  complex lexemes and  the  cross-linguistically  important  word-formation  patterns.  Major approaches, analytical and descriptive  levels and models  in the field of  word-formation research are outlined from a bird’s eye view.