This volume provides a typological description of word-building as exemplified by denominal verbs. Basics results of the study include the conceptual apparatus and typological questionnaire for the description of denominal verbs. The investigation has been carried out on the material of more than 60 languages. Besides it comprises cross-linguistic generalizations (universals) in the sphere of denominal verb-formation. The main directions of the investigation were structural and semantic types of denominal verbs, semantics of word-building affixes. Derivational potentials of nouns depending upon their structure and semantics were investigated on the basis of typological experiments, the materials of which are given in the supplement. The classification of systems of denominal verbs from different languages on the basis of different features is provided.