Introduction 3
I.1 Research in the English Word-building 5
I.1 Word Formation as a Part of Linguistics 5
I.2 Principles and Types of Word-Building 11
I.3 Semantic Features of the Types of Word-formation 25
II Analysis of Word-building in Modern English Texts 33
II.1 Neologisms and their Semantic Meaning 33
II.2 Word-building in Modern English Texts 43
Conclusion 54
Glossary 56
Bibliography 57
Appendices 59