
Tsyhvintseva Yuliia, PhD in Philology, Scientific Researcher, Department of Lexicology, Lexicography and Structural-Mathematical Linguistics, Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
https://orcid.org/0002-9684-3840
Sokolova Svіtlana, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Stylistics, Culture of the Language and Sociolinguistics, Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-6128
Scopus ID: 57190000407
Hirniak Svitlana, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Professor of the Department of Fundamental Disciplines of Primary Education, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-0312
Scopus ID: 58044072400
Web of Science Researcher ID: I-3030-2018
Neliuba Anatolii, Doctor of Philology, Associated Professor, Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Language, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-9597
This monograph explores the phenomenon of neosemantization in contemporary Ukrainian, focusing particularly on the tendency to renew the lexicon by employing internal nominative resources – native and assimilated borrowed elements. Drawing on Ukrainian texts spanning various styles and genres, as well as data from Ukrainian language corpora and extensive lexicographic sources, the study identifies and analyses three primary categories of neosemantisms: lexical units that retain familiar forms yet acquire novel meanings. These include semantic derivatives, hidden borrowings, and newly formed homonyms.
Attention is given to refining the classification criteria for these lexical innovations, elucidating the mechanisms and sources behind the emergence of new meanings, and evaluating the functional potential of neosemantisms. The monograph examines their integration into the linguistic system through syntagmatic, paradigmatic, and epidigmatic relations. Furthermore, the study addresses the lexicographic representation of such innovations in 21st-century Ukrainian dictionaries.
The analyzed material highlights the Ukrainian language’s capacity for semantic innovation and its ability to adapt dynamically to the demands of modernity and globalization while preserving its national identity and typological features of nomination.
This monograph is intended for scientists, educators, students, and anyone interested in the processes shaping the Ukrainian language today.
Ukrainian language, neosemantism, neosemantization, semantic derivation, hidden borrowing, recurrent derivational model, polysemy, homonymy
