Compounding as the most productive type of word formation of english fiction texts (based on the series of novels by George Martin "A game of thrones"

Abstract

The article is concerned the study of the peculiarities of the process of word-formation in modern English. New words appear constantly, most of them are formed by word-formation. In those languages where the process of compounding is available, it is a powerful means of replenishing the vocabulary and improving the grammatical structure of the language. Compounding in comparison with derivation is a system more active, mobile and open. Compounding is one of the most productive ways of word formation. Words with this method are formed by the addition of two stems.