Myslyva-Bunko I. Compound Words in Modern Ukrainian Language of the Press: Structure and Stylistic Devices

This thesis presents the results of research which has been carried out in connection with a complex theoretical investigation and description of compound words. The main reasons for the frequent usage of compound words in the modern Ukrainian press have been differentiated and characterized. Some particular features of stem and word formation, concretion and abbreviation of nouns, adjectives, verbs, participles and adverbs have been provided; compound words have been classified according to lexical and semantic parameters; and the most widely-used word formation patterns have been identified. The stylistic peculiarities of composites, juxtapositionals (a multi-stem word which is made by means of word combination of word forms), abbreviations in newspaper and magazine texts are identified.