Introduction / 9A. General issues (Viara Maldjieva)Chapter IA model for a comparative study of word-formation in Balkan languages / 131. A comparative study of word-formation / 132. The basic concepts of the description / 153. Basic assumptions of the model of a comparative description of word-formation / 203.1. General assumptions / 203.2. Specific assumptions / 22Chapter IISemantic properties of derivatives in Balkan languages / 271. Semantic derivation / 272. Semantic structure of derivatives. Derivational meaning / 332.1. Lexical meaning and derivational meaning of a derived lexeme / 332.2. Components of the semantic structure of a derivative / 352.3. Derivational paraphrase / 423. Types of meaning relations between the concepts in the semantic structure of derived words. Derivational categories / 443.0. Derivational category / 443.1. Argument categories / 463.2. Argument categories in structures with an unexpressed predicate / 523.3. Predicative categories / 593.4. Summary / 76Chapter IIIFormal and functional properties of derivatives in Balkan languages / 791. Formal properties of derivatives / 791.1. Synchronic derivational division / 791.2. Types of base / 831.3. Types of formant / 861.4. Variation of bases and formants / 921.5. Distribution of formants / 961.6. The formal structure of derivatives / 972. Functional properties of formants / 1042.1. Functions of formants in the structure of derivatives / 1042.2. Formants with semantic function – exponents of derivational categories / 1052.3. Homonymy and polyfunctionality of formants / 105B. The detailed analysis (Viara Maldjieva, Anna Cychnerska, Artur Karasiński, Tomasz Cychnerski)Chapter IArgument categories / 1171. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 1182. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 1493. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 1774. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 2085. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 2276. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 245Chapter IIStructures with an unexpressed predicate / 2491. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 2502. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 2523. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 2554. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 2585. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 2616. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 263Chapter IIIPredicative categories / 2651. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 2652. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 3193. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 3714. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 4325. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 4536. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 480Chapter IVVariation of formants / 4831. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 4842. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 4883. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 4944. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 5005. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 5036. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 506Chapter VThe distribution, homonymy, and polyfunctionality of formants / 5071. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 5082. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 5263. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 5424. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 5605. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 5676. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 575Chapter VIFormal structures of single-stem derivatives / 5791. Bulgarian (V. Maldjieva) / 5802. Macedonian (A. Cychnerska) / 5813. Serbian (A. Cychnerska) / 5834. Albanian (A. Karasiński) / 5855. Romanian (T. Cychnerski) / 5876. Summary (V. Maldjieva) / 589Conclusion / 591References / 593