THE MILESTONES OF NEOLOGISM FORMATION
THE MILESTONES OF NEOLOGISM FORMATION

Author(s): Ina Voloscuic
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: neologism; milestone; variety; classification; invention; coroneologisms
Summary/Abstract: Every language is an instrument and vehicle of thought that is bricked by words, “the center of a linguistic system” [Algeo, 8]. The more changes occur (war, technology, pandemic etc.) in the society the more bricks are laid in the milestones of neologism formation. The only true “cause” of change in a language are the speakers, who use their language, and in doing so observe or neglect their linguistic traditions [Coseriu], so when a speaker is looking for a proper word to render an object, activity, invention and cannot find, he/she invents it.

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