ON THE PECULIARITIES OF FORMING PRONOUNS USING AFFIXATION IN MODERN CHINESE

Abstract

In the modern Chinese language, word formation with affixes in terms of productivity takes the second place after the method of compounding. Most word-forming affixes in modern Chinese are formed from root morphemes. However, there are also many morphemes that have not yet evolved from a root morpheme to a purely affix morpheme. Such morphemes take place between the affix and the derivational root morpheme and are called semi-affixes. In linguistics, affixation and semi-affixation are considered as two independent methods of word formation. This article reveals the features of the formation of pronouns in modern Chinese using affixation.