Abstract
The paper focuses on the scope of application of univerbation in new compounds and quasicompounds formation in Czech. The analysis is based on the comparison of parallel occurrence of multiple-word and one-word names (fotopapír - fotografický papír, profiarmáda - profesionální armáda) in representative corpora of (he Czech National Corpus.
The usage of multi-word names, potentially motivated one-word names, in the interpretation of semantics in monolingual (neological) dictionaries is considered a supportive criterion to evaluate analysed names as possible results of univerbation. The aim of the paper is also to assess (quasi)compound formation in terms of pattern (model) formation.