IX International Scientific Seminar “The Development of the Word-Formation and Lexical System of the Russian Language”

The article is an overview of the two-day sessions of the IX International Scientific Seminar “The Development of the Word-Formation and Lexical System of the Russian language”, which was held at Saratov State University on October 30–31, 2023. The seminar was attended by derivatologists from Saratov, Moscow, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Donetsk, Samara, Tambov, as well as from Kazakhstan. The seminar has existed on the basis of the SSU since 2008, and it is superintended by O. Yu. Kryuchkova and O. I. Dmitrieva. The main topic of the seminar is related to studying the dynamics of word-formation and lexical processes of the Russian language. According to the established tradition, the greater part of the speeches addressed the problems of word-formation derivation of parts of speech in synchronic, diachronic and cognitive aspects: the dynamics of the formation of various word-formation models and word-formation categories in diachrony, issues of syntactic derivation. A specific area of the participants’ research interests included neologizing derivation processes and processes of modern abbreviation; the following processes were identified: the trends of neologizing and the main types of word-formation neologisms of modern times, the dynamics of the new vocabulary penetrating into the language and the peculiarities of its functioning in media texts, methods of formation and mechanisms of perceiving abbreviations. A number of reports presented the results of studying the semantic and functional features of lexical subsystems on the synchronic levels of the language. Dynamic lexical and semantic processes are reflected in the description of modern metaphorical models, semantics and functions of verb words of individual modes of action, and language variants. The seminar once again confirmed the status of a scientific platform uniting scientists whose scientific interests are related to the development of word-formation and lexico-semantic processes and subsystems of the Russian language. A collective monograph is being prepared based on the materials of the seminar.