Tropina N. Semantic derivation in the modern Russian language.

Object: semantic neologisms of second part of the 20-th century Purpose: the complex investigation of processes of semantic derivation Methods: descriptive, distributional, componential analysis. Theoretical significance: formation of theoretical backgrounds of semantic derivation as independent branch of linguistics, the conclusions of work deepen the theory of semantic derivation. Practical value: the material of work can be used for writings textbooks, on Russian lexicology and in high school teaching. Novelty: for the time creation of new meanings of words is observed in several research paradigms: semasiological – as semantic derivation, onomasiological – as secondary nomination, ethno-psycho-linguistical - as the means of worlds’s image and the means of formation of the linguistic picture of the world.