THE ROLE OF THE SUFFIX IN THE PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS OF THE MORPHONOLOGICAL APPEARANCE OF A WORD IN RUSSIAN WORD FORMATION (on the basis of nouns)
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to describe the morphonological rules for choosing the allomorph of the suffix -ost (-is), to study its role in the formation of the morphonological image of the derived word. The description of abstract feminine nouns with the suffix -ost (-is) made it possible to find out the following dependence: first, the morphonological characteristics of the stressed and alternations predict the allomorph of the suffix (a specific manifestation of the word-forming suffix), and the allomorph determines the stress and consonant outcome of the stem of the derived word. A certain hierarchy of morphonological units that determine the synthesis of the sound structure of the studied derivatives is revealed. It consists of a set of morphonemes of stress, alternation of phonemes and alternation of allomorphs. The suffix in its function turned out to be equivalent to stress and alternation of phonemes indicating the fusional nature of the studied class of words, which refutes the traditional point of view ascribing dominance over stress and alternation to the suffix. The results of the study, in particular, the significance of the suffix in the description of the theoretical foundations for describing the morphonological phenomena of the Russian language, as well as the model of the morphonological description of Russian word formation itself, make a certain contribution to the development of morphonology as an independent science. The practical significance of the work lies in the fact that the findings and materials of the study can be used in compiling special morphonological dictionaries.