Covid-19 trending neologisms and word formation processes in English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22248183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saleh Al-Salman (0000-0002-0103-1330, Applied Science Private University), Ahmad S Haider (0000-0002-7763-201X, Applied Science Private University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-42 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Russian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2686-8024 • E-ISSN: 2687-0088 |
| Publisher | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.22363/2687-0088-2021-25-1-24-42 |
| OpenAlex | W3152260030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 6 |
The surge of new words and phrases accompanying the sudden COVID-19 outbreak has created new lexical and sociolinguistic changes that have become part of our lives. The emergence of COVID-19s coinages has remarkably increased to establish a trending base of global neologisms. The present study attempts to investigate the nature of the new English words and expressions that emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. It also identifies the type of word-formation processes that contributed to the emergence of these neologisms in the English language. The researchers compiled a corpus of 208 COVID-19-inspired neologisms from different sources, including social networking websites, search engines, blogs, and news articles. The analysis revealed that word-formation processes were so varied to cover all possible forms of derivation, including affixation, compounding, blending, clipping, acronyms, among others, along with dual word-formation processes, with compounding and blending being the most discrete. The findings showed that the flux of new terms demonstrates the creativity and vitality of the English language to respond to emerging situations in times of crisis. The study recommends that further research be carried out on the new terms that have been transferred to other languages as loanwords, loan-translations and loan-blends
Business · Linguistics · Loan · Neologism · Sociology · Vitality · Word formation · Computer Science · History · linguistics and terminology studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 4,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |