The present article revisits two basic linguistic models and links them to the onomasiological model of word formation. The first section of the articles focusses on the main tenets of Štekauer’s model of research into English word-formation and points to some of its advantages. In the second part of the article, we absolutize the principle of ‘linguistic need’ in an attempt to organize an eclectic collection of linguistic facts, attitudes and new coinages.

Evelina Mezalina Graur

Author

Dr. Evelina Mezalina Graur is Senior Lecturer in English at the Department of Foreign Studies, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, where she teaches English lexicology, terminology, ESP, media discourse and communication classes. Her research is mainly focused on language use in social and cultural contexts. Her latest articles entitled “The Multimodal Existence of Résumés” (2022) and “Restaurant Menus: A McLuhanesque Perspective” (2021) have been published in ANADISS and Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity, respectively.