| Title: | FORMATION AND FREQUENCY OF RECENT NEOLOGISMS IN ENGLISH |
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| Authors: | ID Krfogec, Maja (Author)
ID Plemenitaš, Katja (Mentor) More about this mentor...  |
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| Files: |  UNI_Krfogec_Maja_2013.pdf (1,21 MB)
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PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/cb668a1e-a20f-4934-a266-38451b31f035
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Undergraduate thesis |
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| Typology: | 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | This diploma thesis deals with new words called neologisms. English is a language that very quickly adopts new words. Language is not static, but it is constantly changing. People are using neologisms more than ever and can be very creative in creating new words. Neologisms are used in science, literature, politics, advertising, linguistics and are created because of a different innovations in society.
In this diploma thesis, neologisms will be presented that were researched and analyzed. The selected neologisms were from Oxford Dictionary Online and were added in the months of August and May. 37 neologisms were investigated from the month of August and 38 neologisms from the month of May, altogether 75 new words. Their purpose was explained and the context in which they occur was shown.
Neologisms were categorized into word-formational categories. We wanted to find out which word-formational process is the most productive when creating neologisms. Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) helped us determine the frequency of selected neologisms. |
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| Keywords: | neologisms, new words, word-formation, frequency |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [M. Krfogec] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2013 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-39787 |
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| UDC: | 811.111(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 19776776 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:G8UZX1ZX |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 29.03.2013 |
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| Categories: | FF
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