Linguistic Analysis of Word Formation Processes in English in the Light of 'Covid' Being the New Coinage that Defined 2020

• Authors: Alicja Cuper , Małgorzata Cuper-Ferrigno

Abstracts

The study attempts to explore word formation processes in English such as coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion, acronym and derivation. The outbreak of Covid-19 from a linguistic point of view is strictly connected with the emergence of Covid-19's coinages establishing a trending base of global neologisms. The present study focuses on the investigation of English word formation processes and the nature of the new English words and expressions emerging in the wake of Covid-19 crisis.

Keywords

EN

word formation processes; neologisms; Covid-19

• Publisher: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Chełmie
• Journal: Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 15-25

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Alicja Cuper

• Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Chełmie: Instytut Neofilologii

• https://orcid.org/0000000288919454

author

Małgorzata Cuper-Ferrigno

• Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Chełmie: Instytut Neofilologii

• https://orcid.org/0000000263427533

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Identifiers

DOI

10.54515/lcp.2022.1.15-25

Biblioteka Nauki

2137343