Word-formation potential of the borrowed suffix -ing in German and Russian
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2026-1-126-137
Abstract
Aim. To identify and compare the word-formation capabilities of the English suffix -ing in German and Russian.
Methodology. The key method of the study was the comparative method, which was used to establish the features of the functioning of nouns with the suffix -ing in German and Russian. The study describes word-formation relations that reflect the semantic compatibility of the suffix -ing with the productive base in word-formation models of the German and Russian languages.
Results. The analysis showed differences in the level of adaptation of the suffix -ing to the word-formation system of the German and Russian languages. The specificity of the suffix -ing in the Russian language is its ability to be derivated with nouns that do not express procedural semantics; this function is assumed by the suffix.
Research implications. The study deepens the understanding of word-formation relations in the language, in particular, the process of word-formation assimilation of borrowed affixes to the system of another language.
About the Authors
T. V. Pervak
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana V. Pervak – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of German and Roman Philology
Moscow
O. V. Kazachevskaya
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga V. Kazachevskaya – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of German and Roman Philology
Moscow
N. V. Kukina
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya V. Kukina – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of German Language
Moscow
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