The place of Word Formation in Georgian and German Linguistics based on the linguistic literature analyses

In modern linguistic the concept “for formation” is used by two meanings. There exists a narrow understanding of this notion: “Word Formation is a formation of word on the basis of linguistic material and its help” [Fleischer ... 1995:5]. In this case it is understood, as a part of a scientific discipline – or grammar (morphology, syntax), which “studies the technique of word formation” [Tuskia, 2004:3]. Georgian Linguists, for example, A. Shanidze, L. Kvachadze unite word formation with general morphology, but the other ones, for example, Arn. Chikobava, V. Topuria, T. Zurabishvili, R. Gabechava and other perceive it as a part of Lexicology. The supporters of these views can be found among the foreign linguists as well, the ones who see word formation as a part of grammar are H. Pauli, B. Baumann, O. Behagel, I. Erben, K. Brickman and the ones who see word formation as a part of Lexicology are V. Schmidt, V. Moch, and other lexicologists. There exists, so to say, a transitional view, according to which word formation explores “Formation of new words, the rules by which they are being produced, and describes certain designs and models according to which they are being formed. Thus, this area stands between other disciplines, on the one hand, between syntax and, on the other hand, morphology and because word formation processes affect on the meaning of the word, it is also related to lexicology [Kuhn, 1994:2].