NAMING DERIVATION OF NOUNS IN THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE

Over the years, language development has come along with the refinement of expressive tools, a refinement that consists of creating new semantic, lexical, grammatical, or phonetic units. Alongside the creation of these units, changes have occurred in the understanding of the semantic structure of words. Various studies have classified words into lexical classes, and among them, a particularly interesting class is that of noun derivations. However, do all Albanian grammars provide a definition for noun derivations? How difficult is it to make such a distinction? We chose to examine noun derivations based on the definitions provided by different Albanian grammars and some foreign language grammars regarding this lexical class, thus having a supportive pillar to include these names in explanatory dictionaries of the Albanian language. Developments in the understanding of the semantic structure of words lead us to different meanings that these nouns acquire. Often we say "gold" implying a metal; while on the other hand, we imply behavioral or moral qualities such as "a good person," "beloved," "kind." However, do all noun derivations have an open structure? How many of them have developed other meanings?The purpose of this study is an attempt to shed some light on one of the intriguing aspects of semantics, namely the determination of noun derivations in the Albanian language and the presentation of semantic developments in this class of words. In addition to aiming to be helpful in the further study and analysis of noun derivations, this work aims to contribute to the creation of a dictionary for these nouns.