SEMANTIC, DERIVATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEOLOGISMS IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

Neology is a branch of linguistics which deals with new words. In linguistics the term is neologism. These studies are related to particular topics as the essence of neologisms, their derivation in the modern English language, means by which they are created, their assimilation in spoken discourse, delimitations of new words and nonce words, problems of nomination processes in the language, the impact of motivation in the origin of new words, etc. Therefore, it is often said that neology expresses plenty of disputable areas that it could still be regarded as a timely and relevant subject for linguistic investigations. The most ongoing problem is that of the term itself.