LEXICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE A THEORETICAL APPROACH
LEXICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: The morphological productivity represents a central theme in the study of words’ formation. After a brief passage through the various definitions and theories given by top leading linguists, which can pave the way towards achieving the proposed research, as being an enough sinuous path, - I would say. This theme, after being overshadowed a long period of time, drew, nowadays, many authors’ attention, having a fruitful result, taking into account the apparition of major research studies on this topic: Baayen (1992, 1994, 2003), Bauer (2001, 2005), Plag (1999, 2003, 2006), Stekauer (1998, 2001, 2005), Schultink (1992),etc. A major contribution to the theory of word formation and an undeniable influence on this subject had Hans Marchand, proponent of “Tübingen Schule”1, who was heavily influenced by the American structuralism. His work The Categories and Types of Present-Day English Word-Formation from 1960, is considered a guide mark in the field of the derivational morphology.

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