Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University315510.18287/2542-0445-2012-18-2/1-99-104UnknownTHE METONYMIC LOGIC OF SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROOT MORPHEME *LAZ- IN SLAVIC LANGUAGESChernyavskayaN. A.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097the Dept. of Russian Language, Samara State University, Samara, 443011, Russian Federation.01022012182/1991042701201727012017Copyright © 2012, Chernyavskaya N.A.2012<p>In the article the mechanisms of formation of semantics of the derivative word on the material of lexemes with the root morpheme *laz- in modern Slavic languages and dialects are investigated. It is revealed that the derivational paradigm of considered lexemes submits to the metonymic logic of development, possesses high semantic potential and shows the interrelation of such important categories, organizing a conceptual picture of the world, as space, movement, activity.</p>word-formation and semantic derivationderivative wordmetonymic modelmotivational signconceptual senseсловообразовательная и семантическая деривацияпроизводное словометонимическая модельмотивационный признакконцептуальный смысл