Some Problems of Word-Formation within the Framework of a Generative Grammar

Word-formation has not yet received due attention in ~ e n e r a t i v e grammars , p r o b a b l y becal~se i t i s an i n t e r i m problem between t h a t o f the m o r e o r l e s s c l e a r l y e s t a b l i shed ~orpho-phonological possibilities and the problem of the lexicon, which h~s not yet been worked out (re~ardin~ wor@format ion see the p r o d u c t i v e a t t e m p t s o f Chomsky, 7,o Worth, ~ ,o tsch , V o l o t s k a i a , Zimmer) . ~;y intention is to examine word-formation from a 6enerative approach, i.e. to trace the possibilities of ~eneratia c derivatives.l shall base my attempLs on e~amples drawn from word-form~tion in liuncarian , a lanouaoe exceptionally rich ia for,n~tive devices. I. Une first step is the separation of ~rars,~atical and lexicol%ical derivatives.['his is necessary in order to show wnafi belonbs to the lexicon and wJ.at does not.To ma ke this de]i~,itation we can use a relatively simple brans i fomrration: derivation ( D ) ~ syntactic construction (SC).ilere the meanirl 6 of the stem ($tM) and of the suffix (Su~) is carried by dif'ferent elements of the sentactic construction, e. G . STY': predicate, word qualified