The paper analyzes compound words (= composites) with the component «spiritually» based on the National Corpus of the Russian Language. A total of 1731 contexts and 2953 examples were analyzed. A total of 181 composites were identified, and the ususal status was determined for 34 linguistic units (19%); there were 172 two-component nominations and 9 three-component nominations. The chronological range of the analyzed contexts spans from the early 19th century to the early 21st century. Within the framework of two-component language units, three subgroups are distinguished, differentiated by the type of the producing combination: the first - the producing combination is a coordinative one, addition; the second - the producing combination is a subordinate one (adverb + base word (adjective or participle)), addition; the third - the producing combination is a subordinate one (adjective + base noun, complex-suffix method). Three-component language units are motivated by a coordinative phrase. We note that the composites of the second and third subgroups (59%) have an orthographic appearance that contradicts the logic of the «standard», where the hyphenated spelling of an adjective is determined by the coordinative relationship of the producing phrase. We believe that the repeated use of a composite in the corpus indicates its potential status (16% of occasional words).
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