THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF HYPHENATED COMPLEXES IN MODERN WRITTEN LANGUAGE

The author considers new types of hyphenated complexes that got broadcast in the modern written language last decades. The author pointed out structural types of hyphenated complexes, names their main functions: nominative functions, categorization function, function of phraseologized constructions and speech stereotypes figuration, evaluation function, logical accentation function. There are spheres of hyphenated complexes use such as philosophical discourse, modern literary language, literature and critical discourse, Internet communication. The article shows the link of analyzing units with the active processes of the modern Russian word-formation especially with the gain of tendency to compression. Hyphenated complexes are intermediate in words and syntax constructions. The majority of them retains the occasional character but their overdraft proves the activation of lexical and syntax word-building, increasing of their derivational facilities. That side the author offers to extend the idea of fusion models functioning in the modern Russian language. Hyphenated complexes relate to structurally similar units that use other signs or joined- up writing. The author names the factors that influence on the spread of hyphenated complexes.