Structural-semantic and functional-stylistic characteristics of Evgeniy Popov’s newly coined words (based on the collection of stories “The low-speed barge ‘Nadezhda’”)

The article analyzes individual authorial new-formations from the collection of stories “The LowSpeed Barge ‘Nadezhda’” by Evgeny Popov. The work presents a comprehensive analysis of the writer’s occasionalisms from the point of view of their semantic content, word-formation structure, functions performed and stylistic coloring. As a result of the study, We have established that the author’s neologisms are created mainly using traditional methods of word formation, which include prefixation, suffixation, confixation, addition and its varieties. Linguistic units, created by non-traditional means, are rare. We are mainly discussing phonetic occasionalisms. As for functional features, Evgeniy Popov’s occasionalisms can perform nominative, aesthetic, stylistic and emotionally expressive functions. These functions are in one way or another connected with the language game, or game function, which occupies an important place in the author’s work. In general, we can say that in Evgeny Popov’s novels, occasionalisms were created with the aim of attracting the readers’ attention, involving them in a game and making the stories more imaginative and expressive. This also explains the transparent derivational structure of individual authorial new-formations, which in most cases allows the reader to easily interpret the author’s intention.