Neoklasiskas varddalas ultra-, mega-, hiper- un superun adjektivu darinašanas modeli latviešu valoda

Suffixation is a productive technique of adjective derivation in Latvian. In contrast, prefixation is rarely used. There are only a few productive prefixes that are employed for adjective derivation in Latvian - prefixes ie-, pa-, par-, and prefix ne- that expresses negation. The Latvian language also has adjectives, which are formed using neo-classical word parts. This study examines productive adjective word formation models that employ prefixation with neo-classical wordparts ultra-, mega-, hiper- and super-. The study is based on empirical material consisting of corpora "Corpus of the Saeima (the Parliament of Latvia)", "The Balanced Corpus of Modern Latvian LVK2018" and "CommonCrawl of Latvian 2020". The results of the study suggest that neo-classical word parts have a limited range of meanings. Neo-classical word parts indicate the degree of intensity of the feature named by the base adjective. While neo-classical derivatives are much less common than derivatives with native prefixes, they are characterized by higher emotional expressiveness. The adjective formation model with the neoclassical word part super- can be considered highly productive.