VERBAL SEMI-AFFIXATION AS A PRODUCTIVE MODEL OF WORD FORMATION IN SOCIO-POLITICAL VOCABULARY OF THE MODERN PERSIAN LANGUAGE
Verbal semi-affixation is one of the most rapidly developing methods of word formation in the modern Persian language constantly enriching it with new social and political terms. Almost all present stems of simple verbs act as semi-affixes and combine with various parts of speech. Words formed with verbal semi-affixes are represented in all styles of Persian political discourse such as reports, information, documents, analytics, and speeches widely used by politicians, researches, and journalists. The current research is based on the models formed by semi-affixes - present stems both of widely used and bookish verbs. It aims to represent the productivity of verbal semi-affixation in the socio-political vocabulary of modern Persian. The rapid spread of verbal semi-affixes is due to the need of making information more laconic and understandable for the recipient. As a rule, semi-affixed words substitute infinitives and verbal set expressions. Recently verbal semi-affixes have been distinguished from affixes in the modern works of Iranian linguists who refer semi-affixes to a separate category of word-formants. Neologisms formed with verbal semi-affixes are not regularly fixed in the dictionaries, sometimes there is no need for fixation because they are quite transparent and understandable for the native speakers of Persian and this is what makes the necessity of research in this field even more important. Moreover, their productivity is growing due to the activity of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, which is actively developing terminology in various fields of science with the aim of replacing European borrowings and creating a “scientific Persian language”.