Potential words
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4168947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Göran Kjellmer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-228 |
| Publication date | 2000-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | WORD (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-7956 • E-ISSN: 2373-5112 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00437956.2000.11432501 |
| OpenAlex | W4254806392 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this study of neologisms a distinction is made between words which have become part of a language (here, English), and those which can do so. The former is, of course, a subset of the latter, and the question is addressed as to how and why potential words become adoped words. Several semantic, phonological, morphological, and graphematic factors, as well as a few non-linguistic ones, are identified as influencing a potential word's chances of being adoped into the common word-stock. An attempt is made to assign a relative weight to each factor, according to whether the factor is present or absent in the realisation of the neologism. The social context contributing to the acceptance (as well as obsolescence) of neologisms is considered, with semantic need, prompting of the media, and fashion identified as being among the most important
Context (archaeology · Lexicology · Linguistics · Neologism · Obsolescence · Word (group theory · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |