Open AccessSTRUCTURAL AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF NEOLOGISMS CAUSED BY THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION
Author(s) -
Колмакова Валентина Васильевна,
Нерода Елизавета Владимировна
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik udmurtskogo universiteta. istoriâ i filologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2454
pISSN - 2412-9534
DOI - 10.35634/2412-9534-2021-31-5-978-986
Subject(s) - neologism , terminology , linguistics , pandemic , covid-19 , coronavirus , word formation , computer science , history , medicine , disease , pathology , philosophy , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The purpose of this article is to analyze the structural and semantic features of neologisms that appeared as a result of the spread of coronavirus infection. The authors analyzed more than a hundred neologisms that appeared as a result of the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 and the 2020 pandemic. The authors of the study attempted to classify these words taking into account the semantic indicator and word-formation models. The main thematic groups can be called neologisms that have a direct connection with the names of the disease "COVID" and "coronavirus", as well as neologisms formed under the influence of professional speech and medical terminology. No less significant in terms of frequency of use are neologisms that arose as a reaction of society to the pandemic. A small part of the analyzed units are neologisms of limited use. Based on the peculiarities of the modern language situation, the appearance of neologisms was a natural necessity for naming new phenomena of reality and processes directly related to the life of people, as well as changes in the mass consciousness and way of life of the people.