WORD-FORMING FAMILY WITH TOP CAT AT THE BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY: FROM THE SYSTEM OF SOFTISH SYSTEMACITY AND... SYSTEM?

Directions and meta-language of derivatography, parameters of family of words and also the perception by language speakers of the objects of nomination are dynamic and interdependent. According to the theory of chaos, changing the order, derivatography has the necessity to get the data from union with softish systemacity (a set of cognate words, results of occasional derivation, proper names) with the aim of searching the system-forming features and the following revealing of the sections with hard systemacity in new word-forming paradigm. The parameters of family of dictionaries of A.N. Tikhonov and extended usual-occasional with the top КОТ (cat) are estimated and compared. The correlation of word-formation means of derivative onyms in word-forming family are calculated. The increase of volume of family from 37 to 228 units from change of intentions of derivatives and amount of thematic groups of lexis from involving the animal into anthropomorphous semiosphere, nobilization of cat’s image in modern society is proved. The true-chain nature of the family and domination of word-forming pair at the 1st stage of word-formation are placed into the connection with variety and discrete characteristics of socialized animal. The prevailing type of word-forming meanings, insufficient length of chains and the dependence by the top word and also the participation of proper names (phelisonym) is revealed. The direction of animal’s image in anthroposphere stimulates the changes of basic parameters of family and budding of sub families (subparadigms) of author’s word-forming family.

word-formation, derivatography, systemacity, word-forming family, zoonym, phelisopnym, cat