Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal the methods of occasional word creation by analogy in value judgments of the modern German language. The author of the paper considers frequent methods of occasional word formation by analogy. The linguo-pragmatic aspect of new lexemes emergence is substantiated. The features of language word formation game are revealed. The scientific novelty consists in examining latest times occasionalisms in value judgments from the position of structural-semantic and linguo-pragmatic description of new occasional lexemes. It is discovered that easily identifiable lexemes, abbreviations and trendy phrases can be used as a model for the creation of occasionalisms. It has been revealed that contamination and word composition are the main methods of word formation. The mechanisms of lingual game are described. The cases of using precedent phenomena are considered. It has been proved that occasionalisms can be used as emotional-value lexical units. As a result, it has been confirmed word formation analogy is the powerful mechanism of creating occasional lexemes used in value judgements.

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