NEOLOGISMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEIR FORMATION TYPES
Keywords:
neologisms, social networks, compounding, conversion, clipping, blending, abbreviations, acronyms.Abstract
The lexical enrichment of the English language is attributed to several linguistic factors, one of which is undoubtedly neologisms. Neologisms are known as the newly-coined words that reflect current changes in science, medicine, technology, society and culture. Nowadays, the neologisms are widely used on WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Facebook, as a considerable amount of communication among people is taking place on these social media platforms. This research paper explores some of the high-frequency neologisms in social net communication, and analyzes the main morphological processes that govern the formation of those internet neologisms.
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