The types of word formation in the works of Željka Čorak

Abstract

The article analyzes types of word formation (derivation, composition, prefixation, parasynthetics etc.) inthe works of Željka Čorak, an outstanding contemporary Croatian writer. In her texts (from 1970 to 1994), besidesthe common examples many so-called ad hoc or individual formations are attested that show both linguistic (andstylistic) creativity of the author and vitality of word formation in present-day standardCroatian.