OCCASIONAL VOCABULARY IN THE GEORGIAN LANGUAGE (BASED ON JOURNALISTIC WRITING AND FICTION)

This article examines productive ways of forming occasional vocabulary in Georgian based on journalistic writing and fiction. It identifies the key methods of new word creation: direct compounding, composite constructions, affixes, and metaphorization. Analyzing texts by contemporary Georgian authors and journalistic materials, this study finds that nouns transformed into verbs with affixes, calques, and semantic changes. It has been revealed that occasional neologization reflects the need to create specific concepts for the context of Georgian culture. Puns and metonymic transfers significantly contribute to new lexical units. The study's practical value lies in organizing occasionalism models for further linguistic analysis.