Word-formation grades of the derivation in Erzya
The article discusses issues related to the order of word-formation suffixes and their combination in Erzya. On the focus of analysis are word-formation models with modifi- cation, mutation and transposition suffixes. It is determined that the number of combinations of different types of relations, as well as the frequency of use of the same type is not unlimited; sequences length of suffixes can vary only within certain limits. Each link type implements a different number of word-formation models, it is connected with distributive restriction of der- ivational suffixes. The analysis of co-occurrence showed that there are word-formation mean- ings, after which other word-formation means are not attached.