The main sources and reasons of emerging neologisms in modern English

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The main sources and reasons of
emerging neologisms in modern
English
Authors: Danilov A. & Afanasev N.

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Relevance of neologisms
of 2020

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Purpose
To consider the reasons for the appearance of new words and to determine the
importance of neologisms in the English language

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Tasks:
➔
Learn the most frequently used
new words and phrases
➔
Find out the origin of new words
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Find out what events
contributed to the appearance
of new words
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Understand how new words are
formed in the English
➔
Enrich your vocabulary

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The object of the study
New English words and new meanings that
have been formed over several years and
have become firmly established in speech
Subject of research:
Internet vocabulary, magazines and articles
published over the past year

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English - is the fastest
changing language
New words in the English language are
being formed constantly and at
breakneck speed.

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Dictionaries also do not
stand still and constantly
add new words to the
official list.
Fact
The researchers found
that over 50,000
completely new lexical
units have appeared in
20 years, and the
meaning of 210,000
words should be revised
or supplemented.

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Neologism
1734
1772
Our days
The term "neologism"
first appeared.
Borrowed into English
Keep showing up
The French word derives
from Greek νέο-"new"
and lógos, meaning
"speech".
New words appear every
year.

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Two lexical tools
best meet the
requirements for
creating new words:
collocation and
abbreviation.

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Lexemes
Modem
Medicare
Brunch
=
=
=
modulator
medical
breakfast
+
+
+
demodulator
care
lunch

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Abbreviation
Laser - «Light amplification by
stimulated emission of radiation».
Jeep - «General purpose vehicle».

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Three major English dictionaries
Cambridge Dictionary
1
Oxford Online Dictionary
3
2
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary

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Our survey

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Key workers

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A quaranteam

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A covideo party

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Blursday…

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Doom scrolling

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Lexicon
Has come to an end
WFH, a quaranteam, a covideo
party…
Pandemic neologisms
New technology neologisms
Actively appearing
Generative artificial
intelligence, AI, neural network…

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Development of
technology.
From the study of
dictionaries of new words
in the English language, it
can be concluded that the
first place among the
reasons for the formation
of neologisms is occupied
by the development of
technology.

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Conclusion
Neologisms arise in a wide variety of fields and spheres of human activity.
Neologisms are a constant and continuous phenomenon, depending on many
factors, and we have considered only a part of them.