Keyword: «wordbuilding»

The actuality, goals and objectives of the research work directed on studying the ways of wordbuilding of special terms in English are formulated. The universal ways of wordbuilding are studied. The ways of wordbuilding of welding terms are analyzed. Examples of welding terms built by different ways are given.

The paper observes some points of interaction of the process of reality categorisation and the past experience verbalisation by means of wordbuilding formants; their interdependence and mutual interference. The conceptual analysis of some derivatives (on the examples of Russian, Ukrainian, English and German languages) conduces to enlight some tendencies in wordbuilding and factors impacting the development of a derivational model and its functions.