New coinages in English of the 21st century: some tendencies in word-formation and functioning

Authors

  • Варвара Владимировна Елисеева St. Petersburg State University 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article deals with word-formation patterns, which have been most dynamic in recent years. It is stated that the rate of the development in certain fields of human society can trigger some word-formation processes in corresponding semantic groups. The analysis of the new coinages resulted in finding out some new tendencies beside the regularity of use among word-formation patterns. The semantic changes in new words can also be described as compressed, which points out their dependence on the general progress in life.

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Kemmer S. Types of word formation process. 2010. URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/words/wordtypes.html (дата обращения 05.01.2014)

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Заботкина В. И. Новая лексика современного английского языка. М.: Высшая школа, 1989. 125 с.

Bibliography:

Kemmer S. Types of word formation process. 2010. Available at: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/words/wordtypes.html (Last visited: 05.01.2014)

Macmillan English Dictionary. Available at: htpp://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/recent.html

Zabotkina V.I. Novaia leksika sovremennogo angliiskogo iazyka [New vocabulary of modern English]. Moscow, Vysshaia shkola Publ., 1989, 125 p.

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Елисеева, В. В. (2015). New coinages in English of the 21st century: some tendencies in word-formation and functioning. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature, 12(1), 76–83. Retrieved from https://languagejournal.spbu.ru/article/view/5554

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Linguistics

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Articles of "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature" are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.