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Many words in English and Ukrainian are formed by adding
both prefixal and suffixal morphemes to the root or stem of the
same word. There are four models:
1) one prefix+the root morpheme/stem+one suffix
(forming nouns; adjective; verbs; adverbs): en-rich-ment, pre-
script-ive, un-satis- fy, un-tru-ly; відсоток, навушник
2) two or more prefixes+the root
morphemes/stem+one suffix as in the nouns: re-im-prison-ment;
3) one prefix+the root morpheme/stem+two or more
suffixes, as in adverbs that are formed from adjectives and
participles: dis- stress-ing-ly, pre-histor-ic-al; вдосконалити,
зменшити, обідніти, обшукати, перевищити, видужати,
звузити.
4) two more prefixes+ the root morpheme/stem+two or
more suffixes: non-re-act(e)-ation, in-ac-count-abil-ity. за-в-час-
н-ий, не-до-ви-до-бут-ок.

3. Conversion
Conversion consists in making a new word from some
existing word by changing the category of a part of speech, the
morphemic shape of the original word remaining unchanged. One
of the major arguments for this approach to conversion is the
semantic change that regularly accompanies each instance of
conversion. Normally, a word changes its syntactic function
without any change in lexical meaning. For example: yellow
leaves, the leaves yellowed.
The other argument is the regularity and completeness with
which converted units develop a paradigm of their new category of
a part of speech. Conversion is not only a highly productive but
also a particularly English way of word-building. Its
overwhelming productivity is considerably encouraged by certain
features of the English language in its modern stage of
development. The analytical structure of Modern English and A
great number of one-syllable

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