TYPOLOGY OF DERIVATIONAL PROCESSES IN THE FAMILIES OF EQUIVALENTS OF ABRIDGED WORDS

In this paper the author describes the derivational processes found in the families of equivalence in the abbreviation group “auto” in the Russian language. On the basis of three approaches of comparison of the family units (quantitative, semantic and onomasiologic) there are six kinds of such processes (univerbalisation, modification, pseudouniverbalisation, compression and secondary abbreviation).

abbreviation, abbreviation group, family of equivalence, compression, modification, pseudouniverbalisation, univerbalisation